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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6F_floridas-first-railroad_Mexico-Beach-FL.html
Florida's first railroad was constructed for the Lake Wimico & St. Joseph Canal & Railroad Company. Work began in 1835 and the first train ran in March 1836. The line extended nine miles from St. Joseph to Lake Wimico. The state's first steam loco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFI_vamar_Mexico-Beach-FL.html
Built in 1919 for the British Navy, this 170-foot steamer originally was christened Kilmarnock. Admiral Richard E. Byrd purchased the ship for use in his Antarctic expedition of 1928-30 and renamed her Eleanor Bolling in honor of his mother.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166Q_the-florida-constitution_Port-St-Joe-FL.html
This memorial is to commemorate the birth of the State of Florida and the assembling of the first Constitutional Convention of this state convened in a building then standing upon this spot in the Year of our Lord 1838.
All men are equal before…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHYK_st-joseph-confederate-saltworks_Port-St-Joe-FL.html
A major Confederate saltworks, with daily capacity of 150 bushels, before completion, was located 200 feet north. Brick foundations were salvaged from ruins of the old City of St. Joseph. Salt processed by evaporation of seawater was one of Florid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM548_fort-crevecoeur_Port-Saint-Joe-FL.html
(Front): In 1717, on this site, the French began erecting Fort Crévecoeur within Spanish domain. On February 8, 1718, Jean-Baptiste Lèmoyne de Bienville, acting Governor of Louisiana, dispatched his brother, Lèmoyne de Cháteagué t…