Near Flagler Beach in Flagler County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Bulow Sugar Mill
Photographed By Brandon D Cross, December 3, 2013
1. Bulow Sugar Mill Marker
Sugar cane was planted in January and February and was ready for harvesting by mid-October. Field workers cut the cane and loaded it on wagons that brought it to the mill for processing.
Erected 2013 by Flagler County Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1820.
Location. 29° 26.11′ N, 81° 8.517′ W. Marker is near Flagler Beach, Florida, in Flagler County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Old Kings Road (County Road 2001) and Old Beach Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker located in front of sugar mill ruins, approximately 0.4 miles inside the Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3501 Old Kings Road, Flagler Beach FL 32136, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Driven by Sweat & Steam (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Beyond the Plantation (about 400 feet away); Just just a spoonful of sugar
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Also see . . . Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park. Florida Division of Recreation and Parks (Submitted on December 19, 2016.)
Photographed By Brandon D Cross, December 3, 2013
2. Bulow Sugar Mill Ruins
The plantation and its structures were destroyed by the Seminoles in 1836 during the Second Seminole War.
Photographed By Brandon D Cross, December 3, 2013
3. Sweet Dreams - Sugar Production in East Florida
Charles Wilhelm Bulow
My father, Charles Wilhelm Bulow was born about 1778 in South Carolina to a German Lutheran minister. A wealthy man, my father purchased a 4,675-acre plantation in Florida for $9,944.50 in 1821. He died in 1823, and I – his son, John Joachim Bulow – inherited the plantation and built the sugar mill you see today.
Welcome to Bulowville, the plantation my father, Charles Wilhelm Bulow, purchased and began to develop in 1821. Not much is left now, but between 1823 and 1836 when the Seminole Indians burned the plantation at the beginning of the Second Seminole War, Bulowville was one of the largest sugar plantations in East Florida.
Sugar planting and milling really took off in East Florida after the United States of America obtained Florida as a territory in 1821. People hope that Florida could produce sugar for the United States like its neighbor, Louisiana. Of some 12 sugar plantations stretching from St. Augustine to Cape Canaveral during this period, Bulowville was one of the largest and wealthiest. 1,000 acres of the 6,675-acre plantation were planted in sugar.
Caption: Artist’s rendition of Bulowville, 1823-1836.
My father, Charles Wilhelm Bulow was born about 1778 in South Carolina to a German Lutheran minister. A wealthy man, my father purchased a 4,675-acre plantation in Florida for $9,944.50 in 1821. He died in 1823, and I – his son, John Joachim Bulow – inherited the plantation and built the sugar mill you see today.
Welcome to Bulowville, the plantation my father, Charles Wilhelm Bulow, purchased and began to develop in 1821. Not much is left now, but between 1823 and 1836 when the Seminole Indians burned the plantation at the beginning of the Second Seminole War, Bulowville was one of the largest sugar plantations in East Florida.
Sugar planting and milling really took off in East Florida after the United States of America obtained Florida as a territory in 1821. People hope that Florida could produce sugar for the United States like its neighbor, Louisiana. Of some 12 sugar plantations stretching from St. Augustine to Cape Canaveral during this period, Bulowville was one of the largest and wealthiest. 1,000 acres of the 6,675-acre plantation were planted in sugar.
Caption: Artist’s rendition of Bulowville, 1823-1836.
Photographed By Brandon D Cross, December 3, 2013
4. Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park
Photographed By Brandon D Cross, December 3, 2016
5. Bulow Ville Site Marker
This marker etched in stone, lets all visitors know when this site was memorialized by the people who established this Mill and Plantation.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2016, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 578 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 18, 2016, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 5. submitted on April 5, 2017, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
