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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KNA_tea-table-key_Islamorada-FL.html
Indians lived on this island over 1000 years ago. In 1722, it was known as Boys Island. In Dec., 1838, Lt. Coste established a Naval base here and named it Ft. Paulding. This was the base for the West Indian Squadron used to blockade the coast to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIN_stained-glass-windows-of-st-columba-episcopal-church_Marathon-FL.html
Established in 1955, St. Columba Episcopal Church has occupied this building since 1960. Between 1977 and 1982, nineteen dalle de verre, or faceted stained glass windows, were installed in the church. This technique uses thick pieces of colored gl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KGX_african-queen_Key-Largo-FL.html
The African Queen vessel was created in 1912 and is on the American National Historic Register. Her boiler is custom made and is historically correct and her steam engine is from 1896. She was restored in 2012 and has to be meticulously maintained…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQ8_audubon-house_Key-West-FL.html
Captain John H. Geiger, skilled pilot and master wrecker, built this house in 1830. It is typical of the era when, in 1832, the famed naturalist, John James Audubon, visited Key West to study and sketch the birds of the Florida Keys. On March 18, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DRA_long-key-fishing-club_Layton-FL.html
(side 1)Henry M. Flagler began construction of the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad southward from Homestead in 1905. Despite destructive hurricanes in 1906, 1909, and 1910, the Key West Extension was completed in January 1912…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DR9_florida-east-coast-railroad-overseas-extension_Islamorada-FL.html
Oil magnate Henry M. Flagler first visited Florida in 1878. Realizing Florida's potential for growth, he developed railroads and hotels which transformed the eastern seaboard. The Florida East Coast Railroad reached Miami in 1896 and soon was comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DPP_porters-anti-pirate-fleet_Key-West-FL.html
An outbreak of piracy in 1822 prompted the United States to organize the West Indian Squadron, an anti-pirate fleet. Commanded by Commodore David Porter, the squadron in 1823 included 17 ships and 1,100 men based in Key West. For two years the fle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM144D_seven-mile-historic-bridge_Marathon-FL.html
Constructed between 1908 & 1912 as a railway bridge. The bridge was modified in 1935 for the use of automobiles until 1982.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSZ_key-west-cemetery_Key-West-FL.html
Key West Cemetery was founded in 1847 following a hurricane the previous year that destroyed the earlier cemetery located near present day Higgs Beach. To protect from future flooding, the 19-acre cemetery was located here on Solares Hill, the hig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSY_the-little-white-house_Key-West-FL.html
Built in 1890 on the waterfront as a two-family dwelling for the base commandant and paymaster, this building was known as Quarters A and B. It was converted into a single-family residence in 1911. President William Howard Taft visited this site i…