Sebastian in Indian River County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Roseland

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 5, 2015

1. Roseland Marker

Inscription. The Ays Indians lived along the confluence of the St. Sebastian and the Indian River (Rio d'ays) when the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. For hundreds of years after that, settlements in the Indian River area were restricted to the coastal areas where citrus, pineapples, and fishing were the primary industries. In 1816, George Fleming, an Irishman who had served in the army of Spanish Florida, received a large land grant on both sides of the St. Sebastian River. This grant was important in the growth of the area. Roseland's first citizen was Dempsey Cain, who settled on the north side of the river in 1877. Cain is credited with naming the community on the south side of the river Roseland after the wild roses that grew there in abundance. As more settlers arrived, a post office was built in 1892, and in 1893, a depot and water tower were constructed for Henry Flagler's East Coast Railway. In 1910, the A.A. Berry Land Development Company purchased the remnants of the old Fleming land grant. The original Berry Land Office Building still stands in Roseland, as does the 1926 Roseland Community Center, built of lumber salvaged

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from the first bridge to cross the St. Sebastian River.
A Florida Heritage Site

Erected 2014 by The Indian River County Historical Society, Tourist Development Council of Indian River County and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-813.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 27° 50.131′ N, 80° 29.75′ W. Marker is in Sebastian, Florida, in Indian River County. It is at the intersection of 83rd Avenue and Baird Street, on the right when traveling south on 83rd Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12973 83rd Avenue, Sebastian FL 32958, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s Space Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian

Roseland Marker with Community Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 5, 2015

2. Roseland Marker with Community Center

Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Moore's Point (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sebastian Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Park Family Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sebastian Grammar School (approx. 1.8 miles away); Cannon (approx. 2 miles away); 1715 "Spanish Plate Fleet" (approx. 2 miles away); Nuestra Senora de Atocha (approx. 2 miles away); Iron Cannon (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sebastian.

Roseland Marker Dedication image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, April 21, 2015

3. Roseland Marker Dedication

Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2017. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,021 times since then and 98 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 17, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.