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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYO_old-world-showdown-reyes-y-fe_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Old World Showdown (English). One of the first colonial conflicts between European nations happened near here in 1565. Spain had already claimed Florida when France established Fort Caroline near present-day Jacksonville. This French outpost thre…
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Massacre by Menendez. Fort Matanzas National Monument. Massacre by Menendez of Ribault and his men September 1565. var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1').innerText; document.getElementById('inscript…
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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…
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William Bartram Trail. Traced 1773-1777. In 1765, William Bartram, famed Colonial Naturalist visited the Coquina Quarry & recorded the flora & fauna of the area. Erected by The Presidents Council of Garden Clubs & St. Johns County Inc. & Gaill…
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Founded in 1937 as Marine Studios The World's First Oceanarium. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places April 14, 1986 by the Keeper of the National Register, United States Department of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23OI_st-augustine-alligator-farm_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The two original structures represent one of the oldest private zoos and continuously operated tourist attractions in Florida. Contemporary structures have filled in the property among the original Mediterranean Revival characteristics as the attr…
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The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is one of the oldest continuously operated attractions created specifically for the purpose of entertaining visitors to Florida. Its origins date to the early 1890s, the first decade of St. Augustine's emergence as…
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These ruins are all that remain of what was probably a Spanish barracks which housed the quarry overseer, master masons, and stonecutters who were involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos. The quarry, located directly across the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAK_veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Saint-Augustine-Beach-FL.html
For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know Dedicated to all of the United States Armed Forces November 11, 2009
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The St. Augustine Lighthouse began as a Spanish watchtower and is St. Augustine's oldest brick structure. Rare proof exists of African Americans on site during its construction. The 1876 house includes an uncommon coquina basement that stored supp…
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