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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R1C_orange-belt-railway_Altamonte-Springs-FL.html
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The Seminole Wekiva Trail has been built for the most part on the roadbed of the Orange Belt Railway. This railroad was the lifeline of the area from Sanford to Lake Apopka from 1885 through the early part of the 20th century. Starting a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R1B_forest-city_Apopka-FL.html
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The earliest settlers in this area arrived circa 1875. Among these settlers were Swedish families who relocated here from Sanford after their obligations to Gen. Sanford were met. It was known as Forest City by the time the area was plat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R1A_slavia_Oviedo-FL.html
In 1911 some members of Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church, Cleveland, Ohio, organized the Slavia Colony Company as an agency to help them establish a settlement in the area now traversed by Red Bug Lake Road, Mikler Road and State Road 426. Earl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R19_historic-longwood-e-w-henck_Longwood-FL.html
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Mr. E.W. Henck, a young man from Boston, arrived in this wilderness section of then Orange County in November 1872. He selected a site to homestead in what is now Historic Longwood. Intent on establishing a town, he named it Longwood aft…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R18_longwood-hotel-bradley-mcintyre-house_Longwood-FL.html
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Tourism in Central Florida began during the 1880's when the South Florida Railroad connected Sanford with Orlando. By 1886, direct rail service from the North brought wealthy winter tourists to luxury hotels and private winter "cottages'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R17_concord-cemetery_Casselberry-FL.html
Three trustees established the Concord Church and Burying Ground on this site in 1885: Eliza Hartley, Georgia Hartley, and Caroline Lewis. Before that time, it is said that soldiers and Seminoles were buried here during the Seminole Wars. The Conc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EPG_korean-war_Sanford-FL.html
At the end of World War II, Korea was divided into two parts, north and south, at the 38th parallel. Troops from the Soviet Union occupied the north and the United States forces occupied the south with the intention of eventually unifying the coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3C_fort-mellon-park_Sanford-FL.html
To commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the first settlement on the shores of Lake Monroe named Fort Mellon in memory of Captain Charles Mellon who died in defense of the fort: subsequently known as Mellonville and later Sanford.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM131B_vietnam-war_Sanford-FL.html
The Vietnam War began when Vietnamese nationalists ended one hundred years of colonial rule by forcing the French out of the country. The 1954 Geneva Peace Accords divided the country into North and South Vietnam to separate the opposing groups se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM130S_civil-war_Sanford-FL.html
In 1861, following years of increasing hostility over the issues of slavery and states' rights, slave holding states separated from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Civil War (War Between the States) began April …