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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E9D_st-andrews-bay-skirmish_Panama-City-FL.html
St. Andrews Bay Skirmish. . The U.S. bark Roebuck, commanded by John Sherrill, was sent to St. Andrews Bay to prevent blockade running. On March 20, 1863, an 11-man scouting party landed in this vicinity to secure fresh drinking water. They were a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N0H_the-old-sentry_Panama-City-FL.html
This Heritage Oak Tree is estimated to be over 250 years old It was standing during The War Between the States as if a Sentry standing guard over Old St Andrews Bay
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS8R_john-christo-senior_Panama-City-FL.html
(side A)Built in 1927 by A.A. Payne, a banker, and bought by John Christo, Sr., the house is significant in architecture, a mixture of styles typical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries which includes Neo-Colonial Revival and Italianate Vill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS8Q_st-andrews-school_Panama-City-FL.html
The first school in St. Andrew, a community established ca. 1827, was built in 1850. That building burned down. The second school was a two-story wooden structure with two large rooms on each floor. The school had four teachers and 100 students. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS8P_the-gideon-versus-wainwright-case_Panama-City-FL.html
This is the site of the landmark Gideon case, after which the Public Defender system was established in Florida and throughout the nation. In 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon (1910-1972) stood trial in this courthouse for the felony of burglary. Lacking…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM547_salt-kettle_Panama-City-FL.html
Used by the Confederaacyduring the war between the statesto recover salt from seawater Presented byThe ConfederateSalt Works Chapterof theUnited Daughters ofThe ConfederacyDedicated April 20, 1960
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM544_st-andrew-skirmish_Panama-City-FL.html
Near this site on March 20, 1863, Confederate soldiers commanded by Captain Walter J. Robinson repelled a landing by Union sailors led by Acting Master James Folger of the blockading vessel U.S.S. Roebuck. The 11-man scouting party of Union sailor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM542_the-st-andrew-bay-saltworks_Panama-City-FL.html
Between 1861 and 1865, the St. Andrew Bay Saltworks, one of the largest producers of salt in the South, contributed to the Confederate cause by providing salt, fish, and cattle for southern troops and citizens. A necessary preservative in those ti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53Z_robert-lee-mckenzies-home-and-office_Panama-City-FL.html
(Front Side): The McKenzie House is a large two-story clapboard frame dwelling built in the Dutch Colonial style typical of the turn of the century houses still standing in Northern Michigan. It was built 1909 by Belle Booth who married R. L. M…
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