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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DP9_hurricane-of-1928_Moore-Haven-FL.html
Hurricane of 1928. . The Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928 was the most deadly hurricane ever to strike the state of Florida. An estimated 2500 persons in South Florida died when the storm came ashore on September 16, 1928 near the Jupiter Lighthouse a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DMG_little-haitis-mache-ayisyen-the-caribbean-marketplace_Miami-FL.html
Little Haiti's Mache Ayisyen-"The Caribbean Marketplace". . In the 1980s, thousands of Haitian immigrants settled in Miami, and the neighborhood of Little Haiti began to form. The building that would become this Haitian marketplace was originally …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DMF_first-united-methodist-church-of-okeechobee-florida_Okeechobee-FL.html
First United Methodist Church of Okeechobee, Florida. . In May 1915, Reverend William Troutman and seven founders established the First United Methodist Church (Methodist Episcopal Church South). The first church building was completed in 1916 on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DMA_tantie-school-house-14_Okeechobee-FL.html
Tantie School House #14. The first school in the region north of Lake Okeechobee, known as "The Bend," was a thatched-roof structure built around 1897. Homesteader Peter Raulerson and family did not have enough children old enough to sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DM8_illahaw_FL.html
Illahaw was a small turpentine operation located near here on the Florida East Coast RR owned by Henry Flagler. It had a post office in 1923 which closed in 1935. Once the pine trees were all cut down, the mill closed. RR services ended in 1947. O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DM7_nittaw-station_FL.html
Nittaw Station. . Once part of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway, Nittaw was a stop on the railroad that ran from Wewahootie to Okeechobee. Nittaw became a sawmill town, maintaining a small population and post office. The closing of the O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DM6_little-salt-spring_North-Port-FL.html
Little Salt Spring. . The waters of this unusual archeological and paleontological site have yielded preserved human skeletal remains and artifacts dating from 10,000 to 3000 B.C. Animal fossils have also been recovered. Including species of extin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DM5_prehistoric-man-lived-here-spring-was-once-a-cave_North-Port-FL.html
Prehistoric Man Lived Here/Spring Was Once a Cave. . Prehistoric Man Lived Here . More than 10,000 years ago prehistoric man, sabre-tooth cats, giant sloths, mammoths and mastodons lived in this area of Florida which eons later became a part of S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DKD_alva-library-owanita-chapel_Alva-FL.html
Alva Library-Owanita Chapel. . Formed 1901, the Alva Book Club, was incorporated as the Alva Library Association November 15, 1906. It provided the first public library in Southwest Florida on this lot donated by Captain Peter Nelson, Alva's found…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DKC_friendship-baptist-church_Sarasota-FL.html
Friendship Baptist Church. . The first church in Sarasota County was organized by John Hendry July 6, 1875. Charter members of the Friendship Baptist Church were E.R. and Emiline Foster, Rebecca Lowe, Mrs. L.F. Rawls, Martha Reaves, I.A. and Elea…