| Florida (Columbia County), Fort White — F-362 — Town of Fort White |
| | The town of Fort White, named for a former Second Seminole War fort built nearby in 1837, was founded in 1870 and flourished briefly after the arrival of the railroad in 1888. Phosphate mining and the growing of citrus and cotton sparked a boom that before 1900 made Fort White the second largest city in Columbia County with a population of nearly 2,000. The boom collapsed when severe freezes in the winter of 1896-1897 destroyed the local citrus industry. Phosphate mining ceased by 1910, and the . . . — Map (db m64600) HM |
| Florida (Columbia County), High Springs — Bellamy Road |
| | Florida Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Near this point, the Bellamy Road crossed the Santa Fe River. The road was named for its builder, John Bellamy, a civil engineer. Approved by Congress in 1824 and completed in 1826, it was the first Federally funded road in Florida, connecting St. Augustine and Tallahassee. — Map (db m3381) HM |
| Florida (Columbia County), Lake City — F-68 — Alligator |
| | Originally called Alpata Telophka, or Alligator Town, this site was a Seminole village, ruled by the powerful chief Alligator, an instigator of the Dade Massacre, which began the great Seminole War of 1835. Following the cessation of hostilities, a white settlement sprang up on the site of the old Seminole village and became known simply as Alligator. Prior to the War Between the States, the name was changed to Lake City. — Map (db m57686) HM |
| Florida (Columbia County), Lake City — Apalachee Trail |
| | The Apalachee Indian Trail of early times
passed in this vicinity through Alligator -
now Lake City - to near the upper mineral
springs - White Springs - on to Tallahassee
via Alapaha.
This marker commemorates, also, the historically prominent Chief Alligator, whose
village stood at head of lake nearby. — Map (db m57642) HM |
| Florida (Columbia County), Lake City — F-350 — Bethel United Methodist Church |
| | Old Bethel Church was first organized by Alligator area settlers as early as the 1820s. The original church was a small log structure located some two miles northeast of this site. In 1855, this building was erected to accommodate a growing number of parishioners. One of only a few Antebellum church buildings which have survived in rural Florida, Bethel Church has served its congregation continuously since its mid-19th century founding. The building has been known in the community as "the white . . . — Map (db m54580) HM |
| Florida (Columbia County), Lake City — Confederate Monument |
| |
CSA
Officers Commanding
Brigadier- General
Joseph Finnegan
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hopkins
1st. Battalion
Lieutenant-Colonel Theo. Brevard
2nd. Battalion
Lieutenant-Colonel, McClellen
4th. Battalion
Lieutenant-Colonel, John M. Martin
6th. Battalion
This monument erected
to perpetuate in loving memory
the 151 soldiers of the
Confederate Army who lost
their lives in the battle
at Olustee and . . . — Map (db m58161) HM |
| Florida (Columbia County), near Mikesville — F-89 — Town of Leno |
| | Originally called "Keno", for a variation of lotto gambling, the town was settled in the 1860's. Ecclesiastical and commercial pressure changed the name to "Leno" in 1876. A grist and saw mill, cotton gin, stores, and hotel sprang up in the settlement. Railroad construction bypassed the town, and by the 1890's Leno became a ghost town. The site of old Leno (O'Leno) was purchased by the state as a park and forestry station in 1934 — Map (db m64075) HM |
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