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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2H_ehren-african-american-community-mount-carmel-church-and-cemetery_Monticello-FL.html
(side 1)Ehren African American Community The Ehren Pine Company sawmill employed a large number of local African Americans, many of whom lived in company housing. Others worked in agriculture and for the railroad. Serving the spiritual needs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2F_former-st-ritas-catholic-church_Dade-City-FL.html
This example of pioneer-style church architecture was constructed in 1915. The bell tower was added in 1920. The church served the St. Rita congregation until 1976 when the Dade City Garden Club moved it to the present site for renovation and use …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2E_dade-city-grammar-school_Dade-City-FL.html
Erected in 1926 as the Florida Land Boom ended, this Collegiate Gothic style building was financed by bonds of Special Tax School District No. 7. In 1934 it was conveyed to the Pasco County Board of Public Instruction. Renamed in 1973 in memory…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2D_pasadena-church_Dade-City-FL.html
This sole remaining public landmark of the town of Pasadena was built in the 1880's and, like the nearby Lakeview Highlands Hotel, served as a social center in a citrus growing community noted for its wealth until the "Great Freeze" of 1895. The s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2C_fivay-junction-greenfield-tucker-cemetery-and-community_Spring-Hill-FL.html
This cemetery was established about 1900 on land donated by A.O. Pierce. Marked burials date from 1912. A structure which served as church and public school has since disappeared. The surrounding community has been variously known as "Fivay Juncti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A29_townsend-house-church-cemetery_Dade-City-FL.html
Captain John Townsend and his wife, Nancy, brought their family and slaves to this area from North Florida in the late 1840's. The log home they built became the center of a pioneer community and a refuge from unfriendly Indians. After 1865 when t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A28_prospect-community_Dade-City-FL.html
Once home to the Eufaula Indians, Prospect Community, also known as Gaskin Settlement, was west of Lake Buddy and Lake Pasadena. In 1842, Jacob Wells was the first recorded settler in the area. His sister, Elizabeth Jane Osburn, and her husband…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A27_lake-jovita-club_Dade-City-FL.html
(side 1)Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club incorporates the site of W.E. Currie's Lake Jovita Club of the 1920s and 30s. Gene Sarazen, a leading professional golfer of that era, considered the course-designed by Stiles & VanKleete-one of the best i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A23_moon-lake-gardens-stone-barn_San-Antonio-FL.html
Constructed of native limerock in the early 1930s, this stone barn is one remaining structure of Ed Haley's Moon Lake Gardens and Dude Ranch. This barn served some thirty Kentucky bred horses for the guests' pleasure and is said to have housed the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1Y_moon-lake-gardens-and-dude-ranch_New-Port-Richey-FL.html
Development of this former 9,000 acre sportman's paradise was begun in 1933 by Ed Haley's Moon Lake Company. It opened in 1937, complete with bridal paths, native and exotic trees, flowers and shrubs, and plenty of game and fish. The lodge, casino…
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