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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D08_bonita-springs-elementary-school_Bonita-Springs-FL.html
Bonita Springs Elementary School. . This school contains two historic building and is a rare example of a historical school that continues to serve its original function. The rural village of Bonita Springs, originally called Survey, grew during t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZX_harneys-point_Cape-Coral-FL.html
Harney's Point. . Near here on the Caloosahatchee River a band of 160 Indians attacked the Fort and Trading Post at four o'clock on the morning of July 23, 1839. In the raid led by Chief Chekaika of the Spanish Indians, thirteen soldiers died and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZU_st-augustine-national-cemetery_St.-Augustine-FL.html
St. Augustine National Cemetery. . . Civil War St. Augustine . Florida seceded from the Union in January 1861. Confederate troops then captured Fort Marion, which was built in St. Augustine in the late 1600s as Castillo de San Marcos. By early …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZT_a-national-cemetery-system_St.-Augustine-FL.html
A National Cemetery System. . . Civil War Dead . An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZS_the-sewall-home-dock-and-pineapple-fields_Stuart-FL.html
The Sewall Home, Dock and Pineapple Fields. Henry Edwin Sewall (1848-1925). In 1889, Capt. Henry Seawall and his wife, Abbie, settled on the peninsula that bears their name. Previously, the Sewall family inherited a third of the 16,000-acre Miles-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZQ_iwo-jima-monument_Cape-Coral-FL.html
Iwo Jima Monument. . . This monument immortalizes the famous photograph taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal during the American victory over Japan on the island of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. One of the most iconic images of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZK_castillo-de-san-marcos_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Castillo de San Marcos. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Castillo de San Marcos (English). Explore the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States. For hundreds of years Castillo de San Marcos has watched over St. Augustine. Fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYP_the-historic-st-augustine-seawall_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The Historic St. Augustine Seawall. . The Seawall in St. Augustine History. St. Augustine's history has been shaped by the sea since its founding in 1565. Over the centuries, colonial explorers, pirates, and seafaring merchants have found their w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYO_old-world-showdown-reyes-y-fe_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Old World Showdown (English). One of the first colonial conflicts between European nations happened near here in 1565. Spain had already claimed Florida when France established Fort Caroline near present-day Jacksonville. This French outpost thre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYN_massacre-by-menendez_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Massacre by Menendez. Fort Matanzas National Monument. Massacre by Menendez of Ribault and his men September 1565.
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