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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2OR_venice-railroad-and-depot_Venice-FL.html
(Obverse):The first successful railroad into what is now Sarasota County came when the United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company, a subsidiary of the Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL), brought its first train into Sarasota in 1903…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2OM_gunther-gebel-williams_Venice-FL.html
Gunther Gebel-Williams changed the face of the American circus forever, and is universally known as The Greatest Wild Animal Trainer of All Time. From Circus Williams in Germany to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Gunther demonstra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MQ_southernmost-point_Key-West-FL.html
The Conch Republic90 Miles to CubaSouthernmostPointContinentalU.S.AKey West, FLHome of the Sunset
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2L6_dr-willis-stanley-blatchley_Dunedin-FL.html
Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Willis Stanley Blatchley, 1859-1940. Distinguished naturalist from Indiana, who from his home across the highway devoted twenty-seven winters, between 1913 and 1940, to the highly skillful exploration of the world of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2JT_peter-demens_St-Petersburg-FL.html
In honor ofPeter Demens(Dementieff)the founder ofSt. Petersburg in 1888Erected byCongress of Russian Americans1979
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2JG_pioneer-park_St-Petersburg-FL.html
"Dedicated to the memory of the pioneers and their families whose vision and leadership helped create St. Petersburg, Florida."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2JF_stonewall-jackson-memorial-highway-terminus_St-Petersburg-FL.html
This marks the terminal of the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Highway. Erected by Dixie Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, St. Petersburg, Fla. Jan. 22, 1939.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2JB_demens-landing_St-Petersburg-FL.html
This city park is located on the site of the first railroad pier in St. Petersburg, built by Peter Demens in 1889. Peter Demens (pronounced de-MANS) was a Russian nobleman, Pyotr Dementyev, who left Russia in 1881, came to Florida, and changed his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2JA_mc-neil-homestead-1882_New-Port-Richey-FL.html
This plat of land (Section 6, Township 26S, Range 17E) was surveyed in January 1847 for the newly formed state of Florida by Deputy Surveyor George Watson. In 1851 the state government created the Internal Improvement Board to encourage settlement…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IY_tampa-union-station_Tampa-FL.html
By 1902, the Seaboard Air Line (SAL) was formed and the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) had taken over the rail system of Henry B. Plant. Tampa Union Station (TUS) built in 1912, was designed by architect J.F. Leitner in Italian Renaissance style, and s…