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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RAP_1824-the-bellamy-road-1952_Alachua-FL.html
The construction of this road was authorized by the 18th Congress and approved February 28, 1824. The section from Tallahassee to St. Augustine was built be John Bellamy and followed the Old Spanish Road.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18JO_newnansville-town-site_Alachua-FL.html
At the end of 1824, Alachua County was organized as a political unit of the new Territory of Florida. The Seminole inhabitants of the Alachua region had recently been ordered to a reservation, and land was available there for white settlers. Early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18IB_the-cross-of-magellan_Cebu-City-Central-Visayas.html
Panel 1: From time immemorial this spot has been set aside to commemorate the erection of a Cross in Cebu by the expedition of Magellan. When King Humabon of Cebu and his Queen, son and daughters, together with some 800 of their subjects were bapt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18IA_city-of-alachua_Alachua-FL.html
Upon completion to Gainesville of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway in May 1884, citizens from the former county seat at Newnansville were among those who moved to the present site of Alachua which was near the railroad. The city is locate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1838_santa-fe-de-toloca_Alachua-FL.html
A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town of Santa Fe. At one time, Santa Fe de Toloca was said to be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17Z3_bland-community-and-ogden-school-odgen-school_Alachua-FL.html
Bland Community and Ogden SchoolSettled in the 1840s by cotton planters from Georgia and South Carolina, Bland became a diverse agrarian area where farmers and sharecroppers raised cattle and grew cotton and a variety of fruits and vegetables. Jos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121F_newnansville-methodist-church-site_Alachua-FL.html
On this site the Newnansville Methodist Churchwas founded in 1822Presented byAlachuaMethodist Church1972