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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WMX_bookertown-historical_Sanford-FL.html
Side 1The first African-Americans arrived in this area in 1885 as laborers for two railroads, the Orange Belt Railway and the Jacksonville, Tampa, and Key West Railroad. Many of these workers helped construct the J. T. & K. W. Railroad bridge over…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5P_fort-reid-1836_Sanford-FL.html
Established as a commissary and soldiers camp for Fort Mellon
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R33_early-hospitals-in-sanford_Sanford-FL.html
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Plant System Hospital
The first hospital in Seminole County was operated by the Plant System Railroad, providing medical care for railroad employees and the community in the 1890's. It was located at West 9th Street in Sanford. In 190…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R31_upsala-swedish-community_Sanford-FL.html
This site was the center of the earliest and largest Swedish community in Florida. Located here were the Scandinavian Society Lutheran Church; its cemetery; and a meeting house, which also served as a school until 1904.
In May 1871 thirty-three…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R2K_sanford-high-school-sanford-grammar-student-museum_Sanford-FL.html
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Sanford High School was built in 1902. This Romanesque Revival Style brick building with its massive three story bell tower was designed by Architect W.G. Talley of Jacksonville. The building is one of the few surviving examples in Flori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R28_george-c-means-memorial-bridge_Sanford-FL.html
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Crossing the St. Johns River at Lake Jesup impacted both travelers and the environment over the years. Prior to 1900, people and goods were almost exclusively transported on the St. Johns by steamboat, with several large wharves around L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EPG_korean-war_Sanford-FL.html
At the end of World War II, Korea was divided into two parts, north and south, at the 38th parallel. Troops from the Soviet Union occupied the north and the United States forces occupied the south with the intention of eventually unifying the coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3C_fort-mellon-park_Sanford-FL.html
To commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the first settlement on the shores of Lake Monroe named Fort Mellon in memory of Captain Charles Mellon who died in defense of the fort: subsequently known as Mellonville and later Sanford.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM131B_vietnam-war_Sanford-FL.html
The Vietnam War began when Vietnamese nationalists ended one hundred years of colonial rule by forcing the French out of the country. The 1954 Geneva Peace Accords divided the country into North and South Vietnam to separate the opposing groups se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM130S_civil-war_Sanford-FL.html
In 1861, following years of increasing hostility over the issues of slavery and states' rights, slave holding states separated from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Civil War (War Between the States) began April …