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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNF_evergreen-cemetery_Gainesville-FL.html
Evergreen Cemetery, known locally as "This Wondrous Place," began with the burial of a baby girl in 1856. The infant, Elizabeth Thomas, was the daughter of wealthy cotton merchant James T. Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Hall Thomas. The baby …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RND_jesse-johnson-finley_Gainesville-FL.html
Jesse Johnson Finley was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, November 18, 1812 and educated in Lebanon, Tennessee. After service as a captain in the Seminole War of 1836, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. During a ten year period he served…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7D_gainesvilles-only-artesian-spring_Gainesville-FL.html
Located below is Gainesville's only artesian spring. Tapped directly with a pipe in 1898, the springs provided the City's only water source for many years.
In 1905, Gainesville's plentiful water supply was used to entice the University of Flori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7A_boulware-springs-water-works-building_Gainesville-FL.html
The Boulware Springs Water Works Building is located directly adjacent to the brick reservoir for the springs, on a site of gently rolling to steep topography at the northern edge of Paynes Prairie.
Boulware Springs, free-flowing and gravity-f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10Z7_rochelle-vicinity_Gainesville-FL.html
(Front text)Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the area in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Florida to the United States in the War of 1812. The raiders engaged a force of Seminole Indians under the comman…