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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E96_waldens-live-oak_Orlando-FL.html
Walden's Live Oak. . In 1548 when I sprouted, Florida belonged to Spain. When I was 17 the oldest city in Florida, St. Augustine, was established. I was 215 years old when Spain traded Florida to Britain. When Florida became a U.S. Territory, I ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOR_the-english-colony-the-polo-club-historical_Orlando-FL.html
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The English Colony
A group of Englishmen known locally as the English Colony immigrated to Conway in the 1880s. They came as a result of a land and citrus industry promotion by the state and railroad corporations that promised an annu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOQ_citrus-industry-and-red-hill-groves-conway-school-historical_Orlando-FL.html
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Citrus Industry and Red Hill Groves
Cattle ranches and turpentine stills filled the Conway landscape in the late nineteenth century, but it was the citrus industry that would predominate in most of the twentieth century. For miles, ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOP_conway-first-baptist-church-fort-gatlin-historical_Orlando-FL.html
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Conway First Baptist Church
The Conway First Baptist Church was organized in 1910 and first housed in a clubhouse on Arnold Avenue and Anderson Road. In February 1911, the clubhouse and lot were sold or exchanged for five acres of lan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOO_st-marys-missionary-baptist-church-datson-dairy-historical_Orlando-FL.html
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St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church
St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church was built on land donated by Mary Walker in 1915. It was a small frame building with a steeple to the side of the main entrance The small African American commu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RC1_conway-united-methodist-church-brick-road_Orlando-FL.html
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Conway United Methodist Church
The Conway Methodist Church was first organized in 1874 as the Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church South. Services were held monthly in a log cabin and led be a circuit rider. The building also served as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KDM_1972-b-52-crash_Orlando-FL.html
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At 11:20 a.m. on March 31, 1972, a 306th Bombardment Wing B-52D Stratofortress bomber stationed at nearby McCoy Air Force Base (now Orlando International Airport) crashed on this site. The plane, which was not carrying any weapons, had l…