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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E96_waldens-live-oak_Orlando-FL.html
Walden's Live Oak. . In 1548 when I sprouted, Florida belonged to Spain. When I was 17 the oldest city in Florida, St. Augustine, was established. I was 215 years old when Spain traded Florida to Britain. When Florida became a U.S. Territory, I ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E5S_the-council-oak_Orlando-FL.html
The Council Oak. . Nearby in the forest primeval amid unfolding history once stood in majestic beauty The Council Oak Traditional meeting place of the Indian Chiefs in the Seminole Indian War 1835-1842.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DCE_the-black-bottom-house-of-prayer_Orlando-FL.html
The Black Bottom House of Prayer. . In the summer of 1916, a few Black families from the Deep South settled in an area of Orlando called the Black Bottom, so named because when it rained, water settled in the area and remained so long that residen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29LX_tinker-field_Orlando-FL.html
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Joe Tinker (1880-1948) was an Orlando real estate developer and professional baseball player. While playing with the Chicago Cubs from 1906 to 1910, Tinker won four pennants, two World Series championships, and was part of a famous double-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LS_john-r-mott-house-site_Orlando-FL.html
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Built in 1920, the former house at 528 E. Washington Street was once home to Nobel Peace Prize winner John Raleigh Mott (1869-1955). As general secretary of the National War Work Council, a World War I era Young Men's Christian Associati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23IG_site-and-home-of-francis-eppes_Orlando-FL.html
Site and home of
Francis Eppes
Grandson of
President Thomas Jefferson
Original house built 1868
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KF_yates-house_Christmas-FL.html
John Burl (Bud) Yates III, born in 1875, and Polly Canada, born in 1874, lived on the John Burl Yates' homestead, located on Taylor Creek when they first were married. They converted an old shed into living quarters and prepared meals on a 'cook s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KE_brown-house_Christmas-FL.html
Ephriam Legrand Brown built this house in 1900. Mr. Brown was born in Americus, Georgia in 1859 and came to Florida at the age of sixteen. He worked as a surveyor. In 1882 he married Julia Roberts of the Roberts Plantation on Lake Mills. He purcha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21IJ_simmons-2-house_Christmas-FL.html
George Washington Simmons and Ann McDougald Simmons were married at Silver Springs in 1856. They soon moved to the Orlando area where they lived near Curry's Ford for a number of years. Then in 1873 they settled at Taylor Creek near Fort Christmas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAI_episcopal-church-of-the-holy-spirit_Apopka-FL.html
This little church began as a simple rectangular board and batten structure built in 1886 by the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Apopka. Services were held in the church for ten years until the Great Freeze of 1895 forced the congreg…