| 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 |
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