Upon completion to Gainesville of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway in May 1884, citizens from the former county seat at Newnansville were among those who moved to the present site of Alachua which was near the railroad. The city is located . . . — — Map (db m65458) HM
City of Alachua Downtown Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m239993) HM
When Europeans first arrived in this area in the 16th century, the inhabitants were Timucuan Indians. In 1774, traveling botanist William Bartram visited Seminole Indians nearby. In the 1850's a town called Deer Hammock was established here, . . . — — Map (db m69979) HM
Side 1
David Levy Yulee was born at St. Thomas, West Indies, in 1810. He attended school in Virginia from 1819 until 1827 when he went to Micanopy to work on one of the plantations of his father, Moses Elias Levy. He studied law and was . . . — — Map (db m97513) HM
Evinston Community Store and Post Office
The Evinston community store, originally a warehouse, was built of heart pine in 1884 by W.P. Shettleworth. it was bought by Joseph Wolfenden, who first operated it as a store. The post office, . . . — — Map (db m54240) HM
The naval stores industry was important to maritime power worldwide. Pine tar and pitch were used to seal wooden ships and protect sails and rigging. When settlers came to America - in Florida (1565), in Virginia (1607) and in Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m166815) HM
Gatorade, the sports drink that started an industry, was invented at the UF College of Medicine by a team of researchers led by Dr. Robert Cade. Gatorade was first field tested in a football scrimmage near this site and was first used in an October . . . — — Map (db m120371) HM
Linton Elias Grinter served as the Dean of the Graduate School and Director of Research from 1952 until 1969. He received his doctoral degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois in 1926 and had a distinguished career as a . . . — — Map (db m151283) HM
(side 1)
In 1857, David Rogerson Williams II (1822-1907) of Darlington Co., SC, purchased 1,000 acres, including this site bordering Paynes Prarie, and developed them as a plantation known as "Serenola." The 1860 census shows 120 slaves . . . — — Map (db m67687) HM
Present-day Gainesville was the center of a large Spanish cattle ranching industry, founded on the labor of native Timuqua Indians, during the 1600s. LaChua, largest of the ranches, was a Spanish corruption of an Indian word, and in turn was . . . — — Map (db m72916) HM
When this building opened in 1906, it was called the Main Building. It served as the administration-classroom building for the University. The president’s office was on the southwest corner of the first floor. There were twenty-four classrooms, . . . — — Map (db m151217) HM
William Ruben Thomas House begun by C.W. Chase in 1906, this building was bought and completed in 1910 by Major W.R. Thomas, the house continued as the family’s residence until 1926 when it became part of the Hotel Thomas. Its use by the citizens . . . — — Map (db m150663) HM
Settlement in the LaCrosse area started in the 1840s with the arrival of John Cellon, a young French immigrant. Other early settlers were Thomas Green, Abraham Mott, Richard H. Parker and family, William Scott and Thomas Standley. The town was built . . . — — Map (db m93838) HM
The LaCrosse area was settled before the Civil War. Cotton was the chief crop. John Eli Futch was a cotton buyer who built a warehouse for cotton, a store to serve the growers, and his home near the store. This store became the first post office and . . . — — Map (db m220546) HM
Founded after Spain relinquished Florida to the United States in 1821. Micanopy became the first distinct American
town founded in the new US territory. Originally an Indian trading post, Micanopy was built under the auspices of the
Florida . . . — — Map (db m54271) HM
1884 “Gainesville, Rocky Point & Micanopy Railway” chartered
1895 RR company sold to L.L. Hill, renamed “The Gainesville and Gulf Railway Company”; construction began in July. Later in 1895 the RR from Gainesville to Micanopy opened (12 . . . — — Map (db m175527) HM
Moses Elias Levy (1782-1854), a Moroccan born Jewish merchant, came to Florida after its cession from Spain to the United States in 1821. Before his arrival, Levy acquired over 50,000 acres in East Florida. In 1822, Levy began development on . . . — — Map (db m93854) HM
Built 1853 by Dr. James A. Cooper as first apothecary shop. Later became the stagecoach stop and first post office. Old stage route entered Micanopy from west on present Seminary Street. First telephone office was also here.
Placed by . . . — — Map (db m175405) HM
Among the refreshing drinks Pharmacist Caleb Bradham of New Bern, NC, created for the customers at the soda fountain in his drugstore was his most popular “Brad’s drink” made of carbonated water, sugar, vanilla, rare oils, pepsin and . . . — — Map (db m175562) HM
Side 1
Country stores were critical for collecting farm crops and sending them to market. They played an important role in building commerce and establishing credit. The Traxler store was one of several in Alachua County that provided these . . . — — Map (db m197954) HM
When Alvarado A. Geitgey (pronounced Get-gee) moved to Baker County, he became legendary. A self-made prosperous and shrewd business man purchased large tracts of land in the area and began pecan groves, grape orchards, citrus groves and a dairy . . . — — Map (db m206585) HM
Sadie & Corbett
"I was called Sugar Toes the first 7 years of my life until my Uncle Noah & Cousin Werth came riding up on a mule & asked daddy, "Dennis have you got a name for that boy yet?" My daddy said "Nope"! "Well, I got a name for him, . . . — — Map (db m206676) HM
B- July 17, 1896 — D- May 31, 1964
Graduate of Emory University Medical School, Atlanta, GA.
Organized Florida National Bank of Starke in late 1930’s
Baker County Physician 1920’s through 1940’s
Remembered by . . . — — Map (db m206570) HM
Elisha Greene arrived in Baker County on Christmas Day in 1830, leading the first wagon train of pioneer settlers.
Acting as advance scouts were William and Mose Barber, and other men acting as scouts.
Others traveling in the train were the . . . — — Map (db m206950) HM
Ida Estelle Corbett born September 8, 1860 was the daughter of Charles C. Corbett and his wite Zilphia Crowningshield, natives of Vermont. A stone cutter and funeral director by trade, Charles, moved his family to the area now known as Baker County . . . — — Map (db m206911) HM
Interview 1993
Olustee Friends A.G. St. Johns and Vonceil (Dobson-Fraser) Alvarez
Introduction: Olustee was once a fort during Florida's territorial days as well as a Methodist sanctuary mission. It was once a bustling, busy . . . — — Map (db m206757) HM
(Left side text) During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt approved a plan to recruit thousands of unemployed young men
into a "Civilian Conservation Corps" (CCC)
From 1933-1942 the CCC employed over 3 million Americans. They . . . — — Map (db m55674) HM
Did you know the first people in North Florida lived here 10,000 years ago?1562
Timucuans
The Timucuans were the Native Floridians living in north and central Florida when the Europeans arrived in 1562. Powerful and . . . — — Map (db m159960) HM
Built in 1919 for the British Navy, this 170-foot steamer originally was christened Kilmarnock. Admiral Richard E. Byrd purchased the ship for use in his Antarctic expedition of 1928-30 and renamed her Eleanor Bolling in honor of . . . — — Map (db m73753) HM
(side A)
Built in 1927 by A.A. Payne, a banker, and bought by John Christo, Sr., the house is significant in architecture, a mixture of styles typical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries which includes Neo-Colonial Revival and . . . — — Map (db m42117) HM
Lee's Gulf Service Station which later changed to Lee's BP was owned by Edward Lee, Sr. This was a very successful business and allowed both blacks and whites to purchase fuel and associated supplies within the community.
Dan Lee says, "Each . . . — — Map (db m245081) HM
Established 1945 on Fannin Field Panama City-Bay County Airport 1964 Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District 1967 Developed and controlled by Representative Airport Authorities in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Agency Control . . . — — Map (db m221885) HM
Constructed by George M. West, one of the "founding fathers" of Panama City, it was at this site that Mr. West and his wife Lillian Carlisle West "Miss Lillian" published three local newspapers, numerous books and promotional materials for economic . . . — — Map (db m245045) HM
(Front Side): The McKenzie House is a large two-story clapboard frame dwelling built in the Dutch Colonial style typical of the turn of the century houses still standing in Northern Michigan. It was built 1909 by Belle Booth who married R. . . . — — Map (db m8155) HM
After moving to Panama City Florida in late 1947 Morise and Clera opened Russ Shoe Shop at 1107 Cove Blvd. in 1949. Their shoe repair business was to become a pillar of the Glenwood community. About 1960, the Russ family built a new building next . . . — — Map (db m245084) HM
Bradford County Bank Built c. 1914 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m169900) HM
Port Canaveral is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world. Millions of passengers pass through the terminals every year on their way to relaxation and adventure. Some cruise liners are homeported here. For others, this is a port of call. . . . — — Map (db m164415) HM
Beginnings of Settlement
In the 1500s European explorers, slavers and missionaries first came to Cape Canaveral. Here they found a Native American population which had disappeared by 1730. The area remained sparsely populated until a . . . — — Map (db m217567) HM
Port Canaveral began as a small oil and fishing port. Today, the first-class, deep-water harbor can serve import, export and other industries. Through the years, generations of fishing families have taken their daily catch to market. Some of the . . . — — Map (db m164411) HM
1964 – First cruise ship visit, S/S Yarmouth
1980 – First Queen Elizabeth II visit
1982 – First Cruises to Nowhere, S/S Scandinavian Seas
1984 – First homeported ship, Premier Cruise Lines S/S . . . — — Map (db m59645) HM
1953 – Commercial fishing began
1954 – First oil imported for Central Florida power plants
1955 – First merchant ship, S/S Mormac Spruce arrived
1962 – First bulk cement silos built
1966 – First . . . — — Map (db m59647) HM
1961 – Freedom 7, First space capsule recovered through the Port
1989 – Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) 136 activated
1989 – First quadramodal connection between sea, land, air and space
1992 – SPACEHAB, First FTZ . . . — — Map (db m59648) HM
North Side Development
1971 – Courageous, First Coast Guard Cutter, arrived
1974 – First warehouse built
2000 – Container Yard completed
South Side Development
1965 – First refrigerated . . . — — Map (db m59665) HM
1968 – Jetty Park Opened
1990 – Central Park (renamed Freddie Patrick Park) opened
1992 – First Florida deepwater port to develop an Inlet Management Plan
1995 – Malcolm E. McLouth Fishing Pier dedicated
1995 . . . — — Map (db m59666) HM
Port dedicated by U.S. Senator Spessard L. Holland. Serving on the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners: Colonel Noah Butt, Chairman; David S. Nisbet; L.M. Carpenter; A.A. Dunn and G.W. Laycock. N.M. Argabrite, Secretary. Barbara . . . — — Map (db m59729) HM
(side one) Founded in 1885, the S.F. Travis Company is the oldest continuously operating business in the city of Cocoa and one of the oldest hardware stores in Florida. Surviving two world wars, numerous hurricanes, and financial busts, the . . . — — Map (db m145953) HM
The Indialantic Casino was constructed on this site in 1923. The two-story Mediterranean Revival style building was designed by architect William Christen and developed by Herbert Earle. It opened on December 22, 1923, and boasted shops, an . . . — — Map (db m81316) HM
The first Carleton Hotel was built on this site about 1887, under the ownership of Jennie and Emma Strawbridge, sisters, who were natives of Sharon, PA.
That hotel burned in 1904. At the same time, the Idlewylde Hotel to the north, also burned. . . . — — Map (db m73120) HM
The First State Bank building was open for business on the south side of Eau Gallie Boulevard in 1883. One day in 1896, the cashier of the First State Bank was seen boarding a northbound train with two large suitcases. He was never heard from again, . . . — — Map (db m48990) HM
The three story building on the corner of Law and Highland was built by the Gleason family in 1910. The third floor was the Masonic temple. The building was built on some of the highest ground in the area and still had an artesian well with enough . . . — — Map (db m48982) HM
Front Street was the original business section of Melbourne. It came into existence in the 1880's as dry goods stores, grocery stores, a fish house boat building and the post office were located along the waterfront.
In 1894, Melbourne's . . . — — Map (db m48886) HM
In 1926 the Ginter Building was constructed by Clifford Ginter. It was built as a professional building with natural wood floors and high ceilings. The Ginter Building went up during an era of expansion in Eau Gallie, the Florida land boom of the . . . — — Map (db m49359) HM
A spur track for the Florida East Coast Railway was once located on the north side of this site. The track went out on a dock where freight and passengers were loaded onto river boats for the journey south.
In 1902, the East Coast Lumber and . . . — — Map (db m49042) HM
Alexander R. Hodgson, H.U. Hodgson and John Edwin Hodgson, brothers, together with their families, came to Eau Gallie about 1883. They founded the Hodgson Brothers mercantile business at this
location in the 1890s. They later added a marine
ways . . . — — Map (db m49046) HM
The Hodgson Brothers (John, Alexander and Henry) settled in Eau Gallie in 1883, coming here from Canada. They operated a general store and boat ways at the south end of Houston Street and at one time ran a small steamboat line. This building was . . . — — Map (db m71423) HM
Karrick's Grocery opened in 1918 in a small 16x30 ft. building with an inventory worth $800. Sugar was selling at 28 cents a pound, butter 60 cents a pound, rice 15 cents a pound, and flour $2.35 for 25 pounds. The U.S. was engaged in World War I. . . . — — Map (db m69036) HM
The Melbourne Hotel was first opened on the evening of September 23, 1924, with several hundred guests in attendance.
Elton Hall was the promoter of the hotel and celebrated his 36th birthday on the day of the opening.
That same year . . . — — Map (db m235879) HM
This building was started in December, 1926, by Florida Power and Light Co. as a 150-ton ice plant. The plant was to be built in units, with the first unit having a 50-ton capacity. Cost of the building was about $100,000.
However, the ice . . . — — Map (db m48887) HM
The library began in Mrs. Campbell's store called The Bazaar, on lower New Haven Avenue, in 1918.
It soon outgrew the store, moved to a building on the corner of New Haven Ave. and Vernon Place, then across the street to the display room of the . . . — — Map (db m50307) HM
This building was erected in 1913 and contained a billiard parlor and restaurant on the ground floor, and the Midway Hotel upstairs. The Melbourne Times moved from its Front Street location to this building almost as soon as it was finished, and . . . — — Map (db m49939) HM
Originally wooden steps mounted the bluff, providing a means for pedestrians to go from the front street business section to the hotels and residences along the high bluff.
At the top of the steps, along bluff walk, were the Carelton Hotel, . . . — — Map (db m48888) HM
The Union Cypress Co. was Melbourne’s first big industry, bringing employment, growth and development to the region. Their big cypress/pine sawmill was a three-story, all-steel structure about 50 by 150 feet. Five, 150-horsepower boilers provided . . . — — Map (db m71092) HM
The Villa Marine Hotel was erected in 1912 by W.L. Sweet. Its construction provided a sorely needed boost for Melbourne Beach as a vacation resort, for other well known resorts north and south were by this time outstripping this community in growth, . . . — — Map (db m52928) HM
(Successor to Julius Kline's Dry Goods Store)
1892 - 1910
Julius Kline established his dry goods and clothing business around 1892. Destroyed by the 1895 city fire, Kline reopened his business in the adjoining building to the north. In 1902 he . . . — — Map (db m197071) HM
This hardware business was started in 1886 by a 21 year old Ohio man, Frank T. Budge and his partner, Felix G, Fuckabay. Huckabay & Budge Hardware was located in a small building, previously the express office, located on the north side of Main . . . — — Map (db m197026) HM
After operating a private bank for several years, Captain James Pritchard organized the Indian River State Bank in 1888 and built this bank building of brick, where he served as president and W.M Brown was cashier. The bank incorporated in 1889, . . . — — Map (db m197073) HM
The brick building at your left housed Titusville's first bank. Capt. James Pritchard organized the institution, serving as its president for over 20 years. In December 1928, the bank closed, a victim of uncollected loans made during the land boom . . . — — Map (db m197116) HM
Arriving in 1885, the first railroad to Titusville was a 35-mile stretch of track from Enterprise on a line of the Jacksonville, Tampa, and Key West Railroad, the JT&KW. The tracks ran down the middle of Broad Street’s right-of-way, and out onto a . . . — — Map (db m112675) HM
Fredrick A. Losley, an immigrant from Switzerland came to Titusville in 1882 by way of New Orleans and Cedar Key. After moving to Titusville he is credited with opening one of the city’s first saloons, which was located on East Main Street. In 1888 . . . — — Map (db m197109) HM
This site derives its name from the Oliver family who migrated from Missouri and homesteaded this area of Turnbull Hammock in the early 1870’s. They owned large tracts of timberland and citrus groves, and the main “camp” was located on this . . . — — Map (db m72737) HM
George W. Scobie sailed his 50-foot oyster boat Sophie Fry to Titusville in 1885 and founded the Indian River commercial fishing industry. When rail service arrived, he began shipping large quantities of oysters and fish north. Before long, . . . — — Map (db m101409) HM
In 1911, Edgar W. Ellis and J. H. Beckwith put together a consortium of developers known as the Titusville Fruit and Farm Lands Company. They acquired 22,500 acres in the western portion of the old Delespine Grant with plans to drain marshland in . . . — — Map (db m50129) HM
Elmer and Harriett moved from Michigan to Indian River City in 1912, a small community located south of Titusville. They built a two-story stucco house fronting So. Washington Ave. (US Hwy 1) when it was just a one lane shell road, and Harriett . . . — — Map (db m195910) HM
George and Helen moved from Michigan and settled in Titusville during the early 1900's. George was a pharmacist and business partner with Dr. B.F. Burkes under the firm name of Burkes & Crannell, and founded the Crescent Drug Store in 1913. It was . . . — — Map (db m195975) HM
Originally named by pirates who distilled rum on its shores, "Happy Creek" was a nearby inlet on North Merritt Island and home to Henry & Carolina Benecke who settled there in the early 1890's and raised six children. Henry was a hunting and fishing . . . — — Map (db m195986) HM
Frederick Alfee Losley, a Swiss immigrant, came to Titusville in 1882 by way of Cedar Key. Frederick and Ledonia were married April 18, 1888 in the home he built on the corner of Hopkins Ave. and Main
St. The bride carried a Battenberg lace . . . — — Map (db m195895) HM
With the arrival of the Railroad in 1835, Titusville became the transportation hub of the Indian River country and business was booming. Titusville’s economy started to decline when in late 1894 and early 1895 freezes destroyed citrus, pineapple . . . — — Map (db m164240) HM
Rudolph "Dolph" Nelson was born March 9, 1889 in Nelsonville, Ohio, a town founded by his grandfather who owned a grocery store where Dolph worked as a young man. In 1914 Dolph and friend Harry Sisson traveled by train to Florida and "jumped off” at . . . — — Map (db m195891) HM
Captain James Pritchard bought a lot from Mary Titus, and in the spring of 1891 contracted Pleasant J. Hall, who had built St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, to build a Queen Anne style house of heart pine. It appears today much like it did then. On . . . — — Map (db m25752) HM
Captain James Pritchard, a Confederate Veteran, came to Brevard County in 1875 from his farm in Missouri to prepare for his family to settle on the DeLespine Grant. In 1876, his wife Mary, their children Frances Amelia, Duval Boudinot "Boud" Kate . . . — — Map (db m195940) HM
Not far from this spot lie the burned remains of the steamboat Pioneer, the first commercial passenger steamboat on the Indian River. The Pioneer was the flagship of Captain T.J. Lund’s Pioneer Steamboat Company, formed in the 1870’s . . . — — Map (db m112669) HM
Members of Rodney's family moved to Florida before the Civil War, and in the 1890's moved to Merritt Island. In the early 1900's grandfather James Thompson operated a sawmill near Fox Lake. Rodney was born in 1930 to parents Herbert Thompson and . . . — — Map (db m195905) HM
Located on the Indian River, the hotel was built (circa 1869) and operated by Henry T. Titus, founder of Titusville. The building, constructed of wood, was U-shaped with each room opening on a veranda facing a tropical garden. In the days of steam . . . — — Map (db m101407) HM
The Titus House was one of the earliest hotels on the Indian River. It was built by Henry Titus, founder of Titusville, on the site across the street. Col. Titus had a colorful career that included blockade running during the Civil War. He became . . . — — Map (db m101408) HM
”P.E. Wager is constantly receiving fresh supplies of Dry Goods, Groceries, & Hardware… The oldest business house on the Indian River.” -Advertisement in Wager’s Florida Star newspaper, c. 1880
In 1875, Perry E. Wager came . . . — — Map (db m141294) HM
Coral Ridge Properties built the City's first real estate office in 1964 at the intersection of Route 441 and Wiles Road, just outside the City limits. This 30-by-20 foot single-room wooden structure displayed maps and plats of subdivisions, none of . . . — — Map (db m47421) HM
This building is one of only three remaining historical buildings on Brickell Avenue, the first commercial street of Ft. Lauderdale. Constructed as the Bivans Hotel in 1922, this building is the oldest surviving structure in Ft. Lauderdale built as . . . — — Map (db m100383) HM
In 1907, Edwin T. King, the town's first builder, a boatwright and an early citrus grower, built his third home on the south bank of the New River near what is now US 1. It remained the King family home until 1968. King's daughter Louise and her . . . — — Map (db m127492) HM
One of three remaining historical buildings on Brickell Avenue, the first commercial street in the City of Fort Lauderdale, constructed between 1924 and 1926, the building was used primarily as a furniture store (as Pace Furniture then Rhodes . . . — — Map (db m100434) HM
Old Fort Lauderdale Village at the intersection of the New River and the Florida East Coast Railway (F.E.C.) incorporates four turn-of-the-20th century historic buildings. These include the 1905 New River Inn, the 1905 Philemon N. Bryan House, the . . . — — Map (db m63880) HM
The façade is constructed in the same basic design configuration and from the actual bricks that existed on the west wall of the Oliver Building demolished in 1996. The original building was built in 1912 soon after most of Ft. Lauderdale's business . . . — — Map (db m100416) HM
Philemon and Lucy Bryan's home was built in 1905 by contractor Edwin T. King at the request of their two sons, Reed and Tom. Philemon and Lucy first lived in a wood-frame house that had been converted into the Bryan Hotel. The New River Inn replaced . . . — — Map (db m127489) HM
Honeymooning here in 1948, Frank and Gertrude Denison purchased the shipyard on this site known as Dooley's Boat Basin, renaming it Broward Marine. In 1950, they won the contract to build 11 minesweepers for the Dutch and U.S. navies. The seemingly . . . — — Map (db m216301) HM
Robert "Bob" Rosioli moved to South Florida from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his family in 1956. He started working in the Florida marine industry in 1962, when he took a position sanding boats at the Marine Ways boatyard in Fort Lauderdale. In . . . — — Map (db m216303) HM
Built in 1923 by Bastian Construction for professional offices, the building was occupied by Dentist Arthur Kellner, Hollywood's mayor in the 1930s, and Karlberg Studios Photographer. In the late 1990s to early 2000, the Hollywood Boulevard Theater . . . — — Map (db m99737) HM
The building was built by J.W. Young in 1925 as the new home for the Hollywood Land and Water Company's publishing business. The Toggery Shop Men's Wear was on the ground floor, east side. In 1934, James Breeding converted the building into a drug . . . — — Map (db m99738) HM
