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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRD_bryan-hall_Gainesville-FL.html
Bryan Hall. . Nathan Philemon Bryan was born in Ft. Mason, Florida, in 1872. In 1893 he earned a bachelor's degree from Emory College, followed in 1895 by a law degree from Washington and Lee University. That year he opened a law practice in Jacks…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRA_walker-hall_Gainesville-FL.html
Walker Hall. . Edgar Smith Walker was born June 3, 1858, in Cooper County, Missouri. He was educated in country schools and lived on a farm until the age of 18. While attending the University of Missouri, he accepted an appointment to the U.S. Mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CMJ_devils-millhopper_Gainesville-FL.html
Devil's Millhopper. Devil's Millhopper has been designated a Registered Natural Landmark This site possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the Nation's natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of man's environm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29LV_archer-school-gymnasium_Archer-FL.html
The Alachua County Board of Public Instruction contracted with the firm of Winston and Perry to build a 3-story brick building for the Archer School, west of an old wood frame building, in 1917. The building housed grades 1-10 until 1925 when the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29IB_gatorades-birthplace_Gainesville-FL.html
Gatorade, the sports drink that started an industry, was invented at the UF College of Medicine by a team of researchers led by Dr. Robert Cade. Gatorade was first field tested in a football scrimmage near this site and was first used in an Octobe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23II_kanapaha-presbyterian-church_Gainesville-FL.html
In 1857, a group of Sea Island cotton planters from South Carolina who settled near here called an organizational meeting to establish Kanapaha Presbyterian Church. The Reverend William J. McCormick (1821-1883) was recruited from South Carolina to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23IC_chestnut-funeral-home_Gainesville-FL.html
The Chestnut family in Gainesville has served the mortuary needs of the African American community in Alachua County since 1914. Charles S. Chestnut, Sr. was a founding member of the Florida Morticians Association in the early 1900s. The business …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23IA_mt-carmel-baptist-church_Gainesville-FL.html
The congregation of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church first met on May 4, 1896. The church's original members worshipped in the St. Paul CME Church, and together the congregations bought a parcel of land in 1900 to build a new church. Its construction…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM238X_daniel-scott-plantation_Hawthorne-FL.html
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In 1853, planters Daniel Scott and Daniel Finley of Fairfield, South Carolina, bought 2,664 acres of land here for $6,743, and in 1854 Scott was taxed on 1,400 acres and 30 enslaved people. In 1855, Scott and Finley purchased 54 people for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWO_major-general-john-r-alison-historical_Gainesville-FL.html
John Richardson "Johnny" Alison was born in Micanopy, Florida, on November 12, 1912. He was a highly decorated flying ace and served in both theaters of World War II. Johnny Alison graduated from Gainesville High School in 1931 and the University …