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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MG_laurel-turpentine-and-lumber-industry_Nokomis-FL.html
The naval stores industry provided employment for workers leaving the plantation system following the Civil War. Some laborers were leased by private companies from state or county prisons. This leasing system brought about conditions of peonage t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6QY_site-of-world-war-ii-prisoner-of-war-camp_Dade-City-FL.html
[Marker Front]:The demands of World War II created a shortage of agricultural workers here at home. To alleviate the problem, the Prisoner of War Special Projects Division of the United States Army established some 500 camps with a total capacity …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6QV_dade-city-cemetery_Dade-City-FL.html
Oak Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery were established here in the early 1870s by Rev. R. E. Bell. Church minutes of 1877 describe the location as "Oak Grove, Florida." By 1886 it was referred to as "Dade City Baptist Church." In the early 1890s t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6QQ_whitehouse_Dade-City-FL.html
Whitehouse Road marks the south boundary of land settled about 1842 by James Gibbons under the Armed Occupation Act. The first Fort Dade Post Office was established there in 1845. In that year, Gibbons' widow, Mary, wed William Kendrick, Captain o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5XQ_in-memory-of-dr-samuel-a-mudd_Key-West-FL.html
"...upon occasion of the prevalence of the yellow fever...Samuel A. Mudd devoted himself to the care and cure of the sick and interposed his courage and skill to protect the garrison...from peril and alarm, and thus...saved many valuable lives and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5XP_alfred-goldsboro-mayor_Memphis-FL.html
Alfred Goldsboro Mayor, who studied the biology of many seas and here founded a laboratory for research for the Carnegie Institution directing it for XVIII years with conspicuous success, brilliant versatile courageous utterly forgetful of self. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5P4_historic-fort-king-trail_Tampa-FL.html
The Old Military Road connecting Ft. Brooke (Tampa) and Ft. King (Ocala) ran through this vicinity. On Dec. 23, 1835, Maj. Francis L. Dade set out over the Trail with a detachment of 109 soldiers to reinforce the small garrison of Ft. King.
On …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5O0_orestes-ferrara_Tampa-FL.html
Cuban patriots used this corner for street meetings in 1895. Among the speakers was Orestes Ferrara young Italian revolutionary in his Garibaldi red shirt. Ferrara stirred the Cuban exiles to fighting frenzy against Spanish oppression.
The youn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NA_mayor-nick-c-nuccio_Tampa-FL.html
Born in Tampa on October 24, 1901, the son of Sicilian immigrants, Vincenzo and Rosalia Nuccio. Mayor Nick C. Nuccio was born on Eighth Avenue, where he lived much of his life. He passionately believed in conducting his personal and professional l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5LL_anthony-p-tony-pizzo_Tampa-FL.html
Beloved Civic Leader, Historian,Businessman and Author whoseinfectious enthusiasm inspired thepreservation of Local History