You searched for City|State: pensacola, fl
Page 5 of 7 — Showing results 41 to 50 of 66
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDR_our-confederate-dead_Pensacola-FL.html
South Facing Side (Main Side)A.D.1861. - A.D.1865.The UnCrowned Heroesof theSouthern Confederacy.Whose joy was to sufferand die for a cause theybelieved to be just.Their unchallenged devo-tion and matchlessheroism shall continueto be the wonder an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDQ_fort-san-bernardo_Pensacola-FL.html
Site of Fort San Bernardo. Built by Don Bernardo de Galvez, Governor of Spanish Louisiana. From this Fort the Spanish bombarded the English-held Fort George; April 27, 1781 and Fort George surrendered May 9, 1781. 15,000 soldiers occupied Fort San…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDP_fort-george_Pensacola-FL.html
Site of Fort George - headquarters of British West Florida - Suwannee to the Mississippi. From 1763 until captured by Spanish Gen. Bernardo de Galvez in 1781 and renamed San Miguel. Seized by Andrew Jackson in 1814 and 1818 and delivered to him as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDO_rough-riders_Pensacola-FL.html
June 1, 1898, Col. Theodore Roosevelt and 170 of his Rough Riders (Indian, cowboys, policemen, clubmen, millionaires, etc.) welcomed here en route to Spanish-American War. There were 6 trains with men, horses and equipment of 1st U.S. Volunteer Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDN_garden-street_Pensacola-FL.html
So~named because under British, each purchaser of lots in the Old City (South of here) was given a plot with the corresponding number (North of here) on Conway Street for garden purposes. Lots were 80' x 278'. Section included present Garden Stree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDB_site-of-pensacola-opera-house_Pensacola-FL.html
Here appeared Sarah Bernhardt, John Drew, Grace George, Billie Burke, Lillian Russell, Maude Adams, Anna Pavlova, Richard Mansfield, Mrs. Fiske, Mme. Modjeska, Amelia Bingham, Sousa's Band, etc.
Brick and iron balcony rail in present Saenger Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDA_first-methodist-church_Pensacola-FL.html
Established as a mission by the Mississippi Methodist Conference December 7, 1821. Rev. Alexander Talley, first pastor. The first, second, and third church buildings located NE corner of Tarragona and Intendencia Streets. Fourth church building oc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD9_chase-street_Pensacola-FL.html
Col. William H. Chase, Construction Engineer, Pensacola Harbor defenses (Forts McRee, Barrancas, Redoubt, Pickens 1828-54). Captured Navy Yard for Florida Forces, January 12, 1861. Ordered to West Point 1856, resigned Commission to become Presiden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD8_st-michaels-church_Pensacola-FL.html
Established in 1781 East of Ferdinand VII Plaza and North of Church Street, named because of location of St. Michael's. Destroyed by fire during Civil War period, temporary quarters were used until present Church erected in 1885.
St. Michael, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD7_battle-of-pensacola_Pensacola-FL.html
On March 9, 1781, Spanish General Bernardo de Galvez, with a fleet of some 30 ships, arrived opposite Pensacola Bay and within a day took Santa Rosa Island. On March 18, Galvez, in his ship Galveztown, sailed under the cannon of the Royal Navy Red…