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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21IR_clifton-colored-school_Mims-FL.html
Before the Clifton Schoolhouse was built, Butler Campbell and Andrew Jackson's children were home schooled by a black teacher, Mr. Mahaffey. The teacher was paid five dollars for each student, after examination by the County School Superintendent.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21IM_haulover-canal_Mims-FL.html
Native Americans, explorers and settlers hauled or carried canoes and small boats over this narrow strip of land between Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River. Eventually it became known as the "haulover." Connecting both bodies of water had long p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWG_greater-st-james-missionary-baptist-church-of-mims-historical_Mims-FL.html
In 1894, after organizing a congregation, St. James Colored Missionary Baptist Church acquired land in Mims, and with Rev. G. Brewer as pastor, built the first wooden church on this site in 1904 under the guidance of Rev. J.S. Gilbert. Many of Nor…