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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYM_crumbling-coquina-piedra-fragil_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Crumbling Coquina, also, Piedra frágil. Fort Matanzas National Monument. Crumbling Coquina (English). Fort Matanzas was built using coquina, a local limestone. This porous limestone is made from millions of seashells pressed together for thousan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXY_alexander-cruz-julia-gardner-house_Key-West-FL.html
Alexander Cruz/ Julia Gardner House. . The cigar industry of Key West dates from 1831, when the first cigar factory was established. After the 1868 Cuban War of Independence, Key West's cigar manufacturing industry boomed, reaching its zenith at t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXW_milton-w-curry-house-william-curry-homestead_Key-West-FL.html
Milton W. Curry House, William Curry Homestead. . William J. Curry, born on Green Turtle Key in the Bahamas in 1821, immigrated to Key West in 1837. Curry homesteaded this lot in 1852 and was Key West's leading merchant for forty years. Wm. Curry …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXV_united-states-weather-bureau_Key-West-FL.html
United States Weather Bureau. . On February 9, 1870, a joint Congressional resolution authorized a national weather service. As one of the original observation stations, Key West was critical for weather forecasters. The Department of Agriculture …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXU_state-road-4a_Cudjoe-Key-FL.html
State Road 4A. . The first Overseas Highway, also known as State Road 4A (SR 4A), consisted of two roadway segments both completed by 1928. One spanned from Key West to No Name Key, and the other from Key Largo to Upper Matecumbe Key. Ferries tran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXT_shippey-house_Fort-Lauderdale-FL.html
Shippey House. Built in 1914. Residence of Judge Frederick Bleeker Shippey . . Broward County's second appointed Judge servicing from 1920 to 1933. He was most often sought out to perform marriages to notables and celebrities
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXS_cooleys-massacre_Fort-Lauderdale-FL.html
Cooley's Massacre. . This monument marks the site of the William Cooley plantation. Cooley arrived here in 1824 and soon became the leader of the small settlement that grew along the New River. . . On January 6, 1836, local Indians attacked Coo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXR_city-of-coral-gables_Miami-FL.html
City of Coral Gables. . Incorporated April 29, 1925 Originated in 1898 as the Plantation of Reverend S.G. Merrick Founded and building begun by George E. Merrick November 1921.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXQ_gfwc-coco-plum-womans-club_Coral-Gables-FL.html
GFWC Coco Plum Woman's Club. . (Side 1) . Pioneer women from distant urban areas were lonely and isolated in the pines and palmettos of South Florida. On February 14, 1912, six of them met at Eleanor Jordan's home and founded the Coco Plum Thimbl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXP_buckingham-army-air-field-gunnery-ranges_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Buckingham Army Air Field Gunnery Ranges. . During World War II, nearly 50,000 soldiers earned their wings as aerial gunners at the Buckingham Army Air Field's (BAAF) Flexible Gunnery School. As one of only six gunnery schools in the United States…