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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LF_el-pueblo-de-gracia-real-de-santa-teresa-de-mose_St-Augustine-FL.html
Great Seal of the State of Florida:"In God We Trust"On the shore of Robinson Creek, 1/4 mile east of this marker, was the site of a Spanish mission for Indians left homeless during the Queen Anne's War.Since 1688, Negro slaves from the English col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18HB_1074-w-king-street_St-Augustine-FL.html
This was the home of Mrs. Georgie Mae Reed (1926-1995), who took part in one of the most famous events in the civil rights movement that changed America and inspired the world. On March 31, 1964, Mrs. Reed was one of five St. Augustine women w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17H1_picolata_St-Augustine-FL.html
Here where the St. Johns River narrows, was a natural crossing used by Indians, and later by the Spaniards, in pushing west. A Spanish fort, built in 1700, protected the crossing and trail that led to Apalache, near Tallahassee. From 1836 to 1870,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1685_st-johns-county-new-switzerland-plantation_Fruit-Cove-FL.html
St. Johns CountyOn July 21, 1821 Major General Andrew Jackson, Florida's first Territorial Governor, established St. Johns County, with St. Augustine as the county seat. It contained all Florida east of the Suwanee River, approximately 39,400 squa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM163L_william-bartram-scenic-highway_St-Johns-FL.html
???Within a mile and a half of this marker are numerous prehistoric sites, several of which date from 2000 BC Native Americans occupied the Northern river section from about 4000 BC until the arrival of Europeans after 1500 AD.???Riverbank settlem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15ZL_william-bartram-trail_St-Johns-FL.html
My chief happiness consistedin tracing and admiring theinfinite power, majesty, andperfection of the Creator.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15U5_beluthahatchee_Fruit-Cove-FL.html
"Beluthahatchee" as defined by noted author Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) is a mythical "Florida Shangri-la, where all unpleasantness is forgiven and forgotten." When Florida author/activist Stetson Kennedy (b. 1916) moved here, the site was name…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12WI_world-war-ii-operation-pastorius-st-johns-county_Ponte-Vedra-Beach-FL.html
World War II Operation Pastorius ????????Nazi Saboteurs Landed HereOn the night of June 16, 1942, German U-boat U-584 landed four trained Nazi agents here dressed as American civilians. After burying four boxes containing explosives and incendiari…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWTQ_william-bartrams-plantation_St-Augustine-FL.html
In 1766 on the banks of the St. Johns River at Little Florence Cove, William Bartram attempted to farm a 500-acre land grant. Bartram had spent much of the previous year exploring the new British Colony of East Florida with his father, John Bartra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3F_kings-road_St-Augustine-FL.html
The British laid the original route for King's Road between 1772 and 1775 in an effort to encourage settlement into this area. Extending from St. Mary's, Georgia to Andrew Turnbull's Minorcan colony at New Smyrna, King's Road intersects Palencia C…
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