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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13M7_abraham-lincoln-lewis-mausoleum_Jacksonville-FL.html
Pioneer Abraham Lincoln Lewis (1865-1947) and others founded Florida's oldest African-American insurance company, Afro-American Life in 1901, which spread throughout the South as far as Texas. In 1926, A.L. Lewis opened Lincoln Golf and Country Cl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13M2_fort-george-island_Jacksonville-FL.html
Ft. George Island presents a cross-section of the Florida story. Timucuan Indians inhabited this island when French explorer Jean Ribault landed nearby in 1562. A Spanish mission was established here before 1600 to serve the Timucuans. Known to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13LC_sinking-of-the-maple-leaf_Jacksonville-FL.html
Approximately 15 miles up river from this point, the Union transport Maple Leaf was destroyed by a Confederate mine during the early morning hours of April 1, 1864. The Maple Leaf sank to the bottom of the St. Johns River after hitting one of twel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CQ_jacksonvilles-1901-fire_Jacksonville-FL.html
On May 3, 1901 at 12:30 p.m., a fire began at the Cleaveland Fibre Factory, ten blocks northwest of this site. Chimney embers ignited sun-dried moss to be used as mattress stuffing. Fueled by wind and dry weather, the fire roared east destroying m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CP_the-beginning_Jacksonville-FL.html
Here at the foot of Market St. stood a bay tree which served as the starting point for the original survey of Jacksonville in June 1822. Market was the first street laid off and named. A total of 20 squares were platted, bounded by Ocean, Duval, C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CO_1960-civil-rights-demonstration_Jacksonville-FL.html
On Saturday, August 27,1960, 40 Youth Council demonstrators from the Jacksonville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) advised by local civil rights leader Rutledge H. Pearson (1929-1967), sat in at the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1349_ss-gulfamerica_Jacksonville-Beach-FL.html
This marker commemorates the attack on the USS Gulfamerica on April 10, 1942, during World War II (1941-1945) by a German U-boat just off the coast of Jacksonville Beach. The Gulfamerica, a merchant marine vessel, was on her maiden voyage from Po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1325_doolittles-1922-record-flight_Jacksonville-Beach-FL.html
Aviation pioneers were attracted to Northeast Florida's hard, wide beaches. Pablo Beach, as Jacksonville Beach was known until 1925, served as takeoff or terminal point for several early coast-to-coast flights. The first of these, in 1912, require…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1324_first-settlers-at-ruby-florida_Jacksonville-Beach-FL.html
In 1883 construction of the Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad was begun to serve this undeveloped area. The track was narrow-gauge, running 16.54 miles from the south bank of the St. Johns River to the beach. The first settlers were William Edwar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1322_duval-county_Jacksonville-FL.html
1884??????1915Duval CountyCreated August 12, 1822, named for Governor William Pope Duval Born 1784-Died 1854. Captain Mounted Rangers, War of 1812.1813-1815, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky1821-1822, U.S. Judge, Eastern Florida.1822-1834, First Ci…