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This was the home of Mrs. Georgie Mae Reed (1926-1995), who took part in one of the most famous events in the civil rights movement that changed America and inspired the world.
On March 31, 1964, Mrs. Reed was one of five St. Augustine women w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17H1_picolata_St-Augustine-FL.html
Here where the St. Johns River narrows, was a natural crossing used by Indians, and later by the Spaniards, in pushing west. A Spanish fort, built in 1700, protected the crossing and trail that led to Apalache, near Tallahassee. From 1836 to 1870,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWTQ_william-bartrams-plantation_St-Augustine-FL.html
In 1766 on the banks of the St. Johns River at Little Florence Cove, William Bartram attempted to farm a 500-acre land grant. Bartram had spent much of the previous year exploring the new British Colony of East Florida with his father, John Bartra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3F_kings-road_St-Augustine-FL.html
The British laid the original route for King's Road between 1772 and 1775 in an effort to encourage settlement into this area. Extending from St. Mary's, Georgia to Andrew Turnbull's Minorcan colony at New Smyrna, King's Road intersects Palencia C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3C_st-augustine-sea-wall_St-Augustine-FL.html
This portion of the St. Augustine sea wall, extending from King Street to the south end of St. Francis Barracks, was constructed during the period 1833 to 1844. The coquina wall with granite top served as protection for the homes and businesses on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW1A_mission-nombre-de-dios_St-Augustine-FL.html
On this site, September 8, 1565, Pedro Men?ndez de Avil landed with a band of settlers to found St. Augustine, first permanent Christian settlement in the United States. Father Francisco L?pez de Mendoza Grajales, Spanish diocesan Priest, offered …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW17_surfside-dance-hall-and-bathhouse_St-Augustine-FL.html
Here from the early 1900s stood Surfside "Casino." Casinos did not offer gambling - they were entertainment centers. Surfside was built as part of the Capo family resort destination of 165 acres. The yacht Pauline II ferried visitors from St. Augu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW0Y_the-francis-and-mary-usina-bridge_St-Augustine-FL.html
Named in honor of the St. Augustine and North Beach civic leaders, Francis E. and Mary Borum Usina.
Just as the bridge spans the North River to connect the St. Augustine mainland with Vilano and North Beach, so too the Usinas were strong links …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWI_sentinels-of-the-coast_St-Augustine-FL.html
Since early times, coastal towers were important in the defense of St. Augustine. From the wooden lookout here in 1586, Spanish sentries warned of approaching English raiders under Sir Francis Drake. Later the tower was built of stone. It served d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWH_davis-shores_St-Augustine-FL.html
Until the 1920s the northwest corner of Anastasia Island was a swampy lowland with occasional peaks of high ground. In 1925, wealthy Florida land developer D.P. Davis purchased the lowlands and raised them in a massive 1,500 acre dredge and fill o…