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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29WS_the-booker-schools_Sarasota-FL.html
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Emma E. Booker, a pioneer Black educator was teaching in Sarasota's public school for Negro children in the 1910s. By 1918 she was principal of "Sarasota Grammar School" which held classes in rented halls. The Julius Rosenwald Fund helped …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TWA_the-twin-motel-and-tourism-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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Tourism has long been important to Sarasota's history and economy. Winter visitors began coming to the area in the 1880s with some staying in Sarasota's first hotel, The DeSoto Hotel, which was completed in 1887. Tourism increased in the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Z8_indian-beach_Sarasota-FL.html
5,000 years ago, prehistoric Indians seasonally came to these shore, drawn by freshwater springs, bays teeming with fish and shellfish, and woods rich with game. By 1000 A.D. their middens, ceremonial mounds, and a village plaza stood nearby. Euro…