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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14II_port-canaveral-historic-milestones_Port-Canaveral-FL.html
1964 - First cruise ship visit, S/S Yarmouth1980 - First Queen Elizabeth II visit1982 - First Cruises to Nowhere, S/S Scandinavian Seas1984 - First homeported ship, Premier Cruise Lines S/S Royale1993 - First homeported mega-ship, Carnival Fantasy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13VT_i-dream-of-jeannie_Cocoa-Beach-FL.html
I Dream of Jeannie was part of Cocoa Beach when a television sitcom ran from 1965 to 1979 starring Barbara Eden as a 2000 year old female genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut. The TV series was set in and around Cocoa Beach. Barbara Eden visited…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1327_united-states-air-force_Patrick-AFB-FL.html
The men and women of the Air Force Eastern Test Range proudly dedicate this monument to our national progress in missile and space technology in recognition of the American revolution Bicentennial. Erected on site of support elements for early spa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HR_little-red-schoolhouse_Melbourne-FL.html
Melbourne's oldest surviving schoolhouse built 1883 by John Goode at his house on the river. Both black and white students, attended 5-6 summer months, sat on benches. Wrote on slates, drank from well near by. Bought by South Brevard Historical So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM119X_bensen-house_Grant-Valkaria-FL.html
Atley Bensen Paid $1,200 for the precut yellow pine lumber which arrived by riverboat from Jacksonville in 1916, to build this house for his wife Clara Christensen. The Bensen brothers married the Christensen sisters, both pioneer families of Gran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10EA_florida-institute-of-technology_Melbourne-FL.html
A 37-cent donation, given to Florida Institute of Technology founder Jerome P. Keuper (1921-2002), would launch one of the most remarkable stories in American higher education. Keuper, a scientist working at Cape Canaveral, founded Florida Tech in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXG_melbourne-beach-pier_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
Constructed 1889Restored 1985Originally built by the Melbourne and Atlantic Railroad company, this pier was the gateway to the barrier island. A "Port Facility" for tourists, residents, freight, and mail, it supported a standard gauge railroad fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXF_old-melbourne-beach-town-hall_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
This building was constructed in 1908 facing the Indian River Lagoon in the area now know as Ryckman Park in Melbourne Beach. It originally held offices of the Melbourne Beach Improvement Company. The officers, Capt. Rufus Beaujean, son Donald Bea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZX3_winter-time-ais-indian-town-of-pentoaya_Indian-Harbour-Beach-FL.html
In 1605 Florida's Spanish Governor Pedro de Ybarra sent Lt. Alvaro Mexia on a diplomatic mission to the Ais Indians. Mexia recorded his passage from St. Augustine down the coast to the principal Ais Indian town near present-day Vero Beach. At the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZRH_community-chapel-of-melbourne-beach-florida_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
This historic Chapel, the oldest Church on the Beaches, has been the center of community religious life since it was built in 1892 on land donated in 1890 by Mr. And Mrs. Henry Whiting.
At a cost of $200 and a donation for interior finishing, t…