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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PPK_gateway-to-floridas-history_Pensacola-FL.html
T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum Built in 1907 during a downtown building boom, this building was originally City Hall. It is the earliest example of Mediterranean Revival architecture in Pensacola. In 1985, a new City Hall built on Main …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PPE_piers-ports-and-wharves-a-look-at-pensacolas-waterfront_Pensacola-FL.html
During the mid-1800s, 16 wharves reached into Pensacola Bay, along a three-mile stretch of waterfront from Bayou Texas to Bayou Chico. A few years later, around 1900, railroad companies invested in Pensacola's port facilities, improving wharves an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PPD_mooring-anchor_Pensacola-FL.html
Mooring anchors like this one were lowered into Pensacola Bay during the 1800s. A pair of buoyed mooring anchors connected by a long, heavy chain gave sailing ships a place to moor (tie up) while waiting to enter Pensacola's harbor to load or unlo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PPC_de-soto-trail-a-port-with-promise_Pensacola-FL.html
You are standing along the historic route of the conquistador Hernando de Soto and his expedition through the Florida Native American territories in his quest for gold and glory. A Port With Promise It's December 28, 1539... Sailing from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PPB_william-bartram-trail_Pensacola-FL.html
In 1775 William Bartram described Pensacola and the hospitality he received when even Gov. Chester urged him to be his houseguest.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1POB_john-wesley-hardin_Pensacola-FL.html
(side 1) Texas fugitive, John Wesley Hardin (1853-1895) was captured here on August 23, 1877. Hardin was wanted and dangerous, and his capture became national news that brought notoriety to Pensacola. Hardin had reportedly killed 27 men. He bragg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M9A_apache-prisoners_Pensacola-Beach-FL.html
In 1886 the U.S. Army exiled 400 Apaches from the Southwest to Florida and sent most of them to Fort Marion in St. Augustine. Several Pensacola citizens, however, petitioned the government to imprison Geronimo, a medicine man and warrior, and 15 o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IQ1_the-commanding-officers-compound_Pensacola-FL.html
This excavated area includes a part of the space where the Commanding Officer's Compound was located. It included a building, outbuildings, a formal garden area, and an outdoor kitchen. In addition, it was the center of Fort business, especially d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IPS_the-end-of-the-colonial-era-in-florida_Pensacola-FL.html
This flag pole is located in the same general location as the pole that was used to raise the American flag over Florida officially for the first time. After signing the agreements in a building located near the dig site, soldiers of both the Span…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IPQ_colonial-pensacola-archaeology-brings-history-to-life_Pensacola-FL.html
From 1754 until 1821, a succession of Spanish and British forts were constructed in this area of Pensacola. You are standing at the west end of the forts. They extended nearly 200 yards eastward. The Spanish, then the British, and again the Spanis…
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