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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R1I_duval-countys-first-court_Jacksonville-FL.html
Duval County, established August 12, 1822, and named for William Pope DuVal, Florida's first civil governor, held its first court on December 1, 1823. Some 200 settlers gathered at the corner of Market and Forsyth Sts. to watch the session preside…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R0M_st-joseph-missionary-baptist-church_Jacksonville-FL.html
This original sanctuary of the St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church is one of the few remaining institutional buildings directly associated with the old community of Hansontown. Originally a farming cooperative established for black Union soldiers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKH_1914-united-confederate-veterans-reunion_Jacksonville-FL.html
On these grounds, May 6-9, 1914, the United Confederate Veterans celebrated their 24th annual reunion. Expecting no more than 25,000 reunion goers, the city was nearly overwhelmed when an estimated 70,000 visitors including 8,000 Veterans converge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C5W_seminole-war-blockhouse-site_Jacksonville-FL.html
Here stood the blockhouse erected for the defense of the settlers against the Indians during the Seminole War1835-1842
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14RK_john-milton-bryan-simpson_Jacksonville-FL.html
Born 1903 in Kissimmee, Florida. Graduated from University of Florida College of Law 1926. Practiced law, Jacksonville, Florida, 1926-39. Assistant State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida, 1933-39. Judge, Duval County Criminal Court of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14M7_confederate-memorial-1861-1865_Jacksonville-FL.html
(East face)
To the Soldiers of FloridaThis shaft is by a comrade raised intestimony of his love, recalling deedsimmortal, heroism unsurpassed.??With ranks unbroken, ragged, starvedand decimated the southern soldier,for duty's sake, undaunted s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14I8_floridas-first-african-american-insurance-company-1901-2001_Jacksonville-FL.html
The Afro-American Insurance Company, formerly the Afro-American Industrial and Benefits Association, was founded in 1901 to provide affordable health insurance and death benefits to the state's African-Americans. Founded by the Reverend E.J. Gregg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM144V_florida-pharmacy-association_Jacksonville-FL.html
1887 1987 [100th Anniversary Medallion] On June 8, 1887, a group of Florida pharmacists met in Jacksonville at the Board of Trade rooms located at the corner of Adams & Main Streets for the purpose of organizing a state pharmaceutical association…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13UQ_site-of-cow-ford_Jacksonville-FL.html
This narrow part of the St. Johns River, near a clear freshwater spring was a crossing point for Indians and early travelers. The Indian name Wacca Pilatka, meaning "Cow's Crossing", was shortened by the English to Cow Ford, and Jacksonville was k…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13R6_camp-site-of-the-forty-ninth-regiment-iowa-volunteer-infantry_Jacksonville-FL.html
This tablet marks the camp site of the Forty-Ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Colonel William G. Dows Commanding 1898-1899 War with Spain