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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD6L_on-this-spot_Bushnell-FL.html
Major Francis L. Dade and his command consisting of detachments of the Fourth Infantry, Second and Third Artillery United States Army, while marching from Tampa Bay to Fort King was attacked by a superior force of Seminole Indians commanded by Mic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD6H_tampa-bay-hotel_Tampa-FL.html
Henry B. Plant built this ornate Moorish structure at a cost of $3 million. Opened in 1891, it became the social and cultural center of early Tampa. During the Spanish American War it was headquarters for troops going to Cuba and house such visito…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD60_fort-brooke-battery_Tampa-FL.html
Replica Naval Mounts Manufactured forThe Friends of Plant ParkThe Citizens of Tampa, Hillsborough Countyand The University of Tampa Dedicated toThe original inhabitants, soldiers, sailors and settlers who with blood sweat and toilcarved this area …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD5L_united-spanish-war-veterans_Tampa-FL.html
( North face ) This spot was headquarters for Roosevelt Rough Riders. Wheeler Cavalry and the First Florida Troops 1898
( Northeast face ) This war brought the blue of the cold bleak north and the gray of the sunny south into one great brother…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD4O_drew-mansion-site-the-town-of-ellaville_Lee-FL.html
[Front]Drew Mansion SiteLocated approximately one-half mile to the northwest is the site of the Drew Mansion, home of George F. Drew, governor of Florida during the difficult period of readjustment following Civil War Reconstruction, 1877-1881. Bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCS2_juan-ponce-de-leon_St-Augustine-FL.html
(Front):TheDiscoverer ofFloridaJuan Ponce De Leonlanded nearthis spot1513(Back):Presentedto theCity of St. AugustinebyAndrew Anderson, M.D.1923
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCRD_patterson-mcinnis-train_Inglis-FL.html
This locomotive, known locally as "Three Spot", often pulled 30 to 40 cars as it transported logs from area woodlands to the Patterson-McInnis Sawmill. Originally a wood burning engine thought to be built around 1915, it was converted to steam dur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBQI_112-m-l-king-avenue_St-Augustine-FL.html
This house was built between 1904 and 1910 on what was then called Central Avenue. The name was changed in 1986. There are many streets in America named to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but this one is special because he actually walked on it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBQH_120-dehaven-street_St-Augustine-FL.html
This house was built in the 1920s and purchased a decade later by Jutson Ayers, who worked as an alligator wrestler for a quarter of a century at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm before his death in 1958. His widow, Mrs. Rena Ayers, gave important…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBQG_33-bernard-street_St-Augustine-FL.html
Bernard Street is one of three historically black residential streets in the North City area, dating back to the Flagler Era. At the west end of the street were a lumber yard, steam laundry, and ice plant that provided employment. Other residents …