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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D2H_hillsboro-inlet-lighthouse_Hillsboro-Beach-FL.html
Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse. . This lighthouse is one of five skeletal cast-iron towers built by the Russel Wheel and Foundry Co. in Detroit, Michigan. The optical system was built in 1906 by Barbier Benard et Turren in Paris, France. Following its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D2E_meacham-field_Key-West-FL.html
Meacham Field. . The first regularly-scheduled international flight by a United States airline was made from here to Havana Oct. 28, 1927. This inaugurated Pan American World Airways, which later spread through the Caribbean, around South America,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1Y_defense-in-depth-capas-de-defensas_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Defense in Depth, also, Capas de defensas. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Defense in Depth (English). Enemy troops would have encountered an obstacle course of rising slopes, low walls, and ditches before reaching the Castillo's walls.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1X_under-continuous-attack-bajo-ataques-continuos_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Under Continuous Attack, also, Bajo ataques continuos. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Under Continuous Attack (English). Castillo de San Marcos has been under attack since construction began in 1672. Enemy gunfire assaulted these walls…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1R_gifford-high-school-sundial-landmark_Vero-Beach-FL.html
Gifford High School Sundial Landmark. . In 1892, William Edward Geoffrey, an African American man from Darlington, South Carolina, came to work on the Florida East Coast Railroad in Gifford. The town's first school was built in 1898, but only serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0P_crayton-cove_Naples-FL.html
Crayton Cove. . This "Back Bay" area was settled in 1915. As Naples' first sheltered mooring, it became the community center for the pioneers building the Tamiami Trail as well as the fishing industry. The first pharmacy, the first newspaper, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0O_the-naples-depot_Naples-FL.html
The Naples Depot. . Built in 1926, by the Seaboard Airline, the Naples Depot welcomed Naples' first passenger train in 1927. Services continued until 1971. Shortly thereafter the Tamiami Trail was completed. These two important infrastructures suc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0J_the-barefoot-mailman_Hillsboro-Beach-FL.html
The Barefoot Mailman. Before there were roads in South Florida, U.S. Mail carriers known collectively as "The Barefoot Mailman" risked their lives to deliver the mail. They traversed a 68 mile route - 20 by boat and 48 by foot - along the Atlantic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0F_the-naples-canal_Naples-FL.html
The Naples Canal. . . The Naples Canal was a monumental prehistoric construction achievement. It was 4,150 feet long (0.8 miles) and bisected an area between the Gulf of Mexico and Naples Bay. The Naples Canal was dug perhaps as early as A.D. 20…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0A_the-naples-depot_Naples-FL.html
The Naples Depot, which was completed in 1927, is one of the oldest remaining structures in the City of Naples. The Depot was built to serve as the Seaboard Air Line Railway's southern-most west coast terminal. The coming of railroads to Naples an…