Following World War I, the United States economy was thriving. Florida’s population skyrocketed as cheap land, combined with the improved roads and railways, drew northern tourists and developers to the state. In 1925, Ohio mausoleum builder . . . — — Map (db m137485) HM
#1. The Joyland Beach Pier and Dance Hall located near the beach on the lakeshore at Ohio Avenue provided a place for relaxation and entertainment for the growing town. It had replaced the original boat and bathhouse that was built in 1911 after it . . . — — Map (db m212160) HM
More than 35 years prior to sugarcane being grown commercially in South Florida, northern entrepreneurs came to Central Florida and started planting cane on newly drained, nutrient-rich, land. By 1888, Hamilton Disston, a Philadelphia saw . . . — — Map (db m237884) HM
#11. This mule yard on the south side of 13th Street between Pennsylvania and New York Avenues became history on March 29, 1928 when the city decided to transform it into a new city park. In 1936, a band shell was constructed. On June 13, 1937 the . . . — — Map (db m212163) HM
#3. Originally built by Osceola County State Bank in 1911 by N.F. Bass this building later served as the St. Cloud City Hall. The town contracted to purchase the building and made the final payment in 1920. The addition on the south side was built . . . — — Map (db m212154) HM
Runnymede was originally established in 1885 and called Wharton. A man name Beauchamp Watson owned a home and a store here. He eventually operated the Runnymede Hotel which was popular among English visitors. The hotel was originally created as an . . . — — Map (db m237885) HM
#13. Looking to find a location to establish a veteran's retirement colony, the Grand Army of the Republic established the Seminole Land & Investment Company. The site had to meet its requirements of health, climate and productiveness of the soil. . . . — — Map (db m212180) HM
Side 1
Beginning in 1909, Union Civil War veterans from all over the United States began to move to St. Cloud, many drawn by promotions in Northern newspapers. The first veteran to die in St. Cloud, Lucius L. Mitchell, passed away in December . . . — — Map (db m172100) HM
St. Cloud Roll of Honor World War One
1917 - 1918
Armstrong, Dan E. • Arrowsmith, C.M. • Bailey, Clarence • Baker, Elmer • Barber, Dan M. • Barber, Jack • Bartlett, Neil • Bleech, Otto • Booth, James L. • Cathcart, H.C. • . . . — — Map (db m209496) WM
#12. The Grand Army of the Republic Post 34 played an active role in bringing thousands of Union veterans to Saint Cloud in the early 1900s, the largest concentration of Union veterans in the South. The G.A.R. Fire and Drum Corps made these honored . . . — — Map (db m212179) HM
A group of young Black families migrated to Narcoossee from North Carolina in 1886. Jones, Fryar, Wiggins, and Whitted roads and Little Lane are named after some of these original settlers. They came to harvest citrus and sugarcane on land owned . . . — — Map (db m247947) HM
The Sugar Belt Railway Line, built in 1889 by Hamilton Disston, transported sugar and citrus between the town of Narcoossee and Kissimmee. The train made the return trip after being reversed on a turntable at Narcoossee operated by muscle power. The . . . — — Map (db m96946) HM
The Bell AH-1 Cobra, “Snake”, was the world’s first specifically designed armed attack helicopter. During the Vietnam War, the need for a gunship to protect unarmed helicopters quickly became apparent, when many were lost to ground fire. First . . . — — Map (db m208619) HM
In Memory of
The Grand Army of the Republic
and those
Union Veterans
who in 1909 settled the
“Wonder City”
of St. Cloud, Florida
At 1101 Massachusetts Avenue stands the GAR Memorial Hall which held the Lucius L. . . . — — Map (db m208621) WM
#6. Just after midnight on July 28, 1917, a suspicious fire started in a storeroom and spread to businesses and apartments on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue between Tenth and Eleventh Streets. Volunteers formed bucket brigades to put out the . . . — — Map (db m208972) HM
#5. The Saint Cloud Sugar Belt Railway opened in November 1890 and ran from Kissimmee through the Saint Cloud plantation to Narcoossee. Made to haul sugar to market, it also carried passengers and other freight through the area. In 1917, a brick . . . — — Map (db m208967) HM
On a typical summer afternoon thunderstorms will be seen in the skies surrounding this site. So common they are often ignored, thunderstorms are nevertheless vital to the State's economy. They provide most of Florida's annual rainfall, but . . . — — Map (db m54028) HM
The Ladies Improvement Club of St. Cloud organized in 1910 for the betterment of the community through civic projects and the advocacy of literacy. The club established a small area in the Sugar Belt Railway depot for books and magazines for . . . — — Map (db m102976) HM
1947
Dedicated to
Our Veterans of All Wars
Rededicated by St. Cloud Main Street, 2014
Supported by:
Veterans Organizations and Local Donors — — Map (db m209491) WM
#14. The train station would be the embarkation point for local troops that served in two world wars. At its tracks, family and friends would welcome home many veterans. The station is now home to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3227, which serves . . . — — Map (db m208973) HM
The Desert Inn was founded as a trading post in the late 1880s. The present building dates before 1925 and served as a supply and recreational center for cattle drovers, lumber men and tourists during the era when much of Osceola County was still . . . — — Map (db m212430) HM
Osceola County
George Veenker
Emma Schweer
[George Veenker, born in Ashton, veteran of WWI as a pilot, well-known Iowa State University Coach.]
[Emma Schweer, born in Ocheyedan, became a pilot and later trained WWII pilots, . . . — — Map (db m135954) WM
They Gave
Their All
William F Allard
John Baas Jr
Eldred J Beek
Henry Boneschans
Francis Case
Donald W Christians
Delvin E Dagel
Alvin L Dirks
Lewis J Fousek
Edward Groendyk
James D Harbers
John H Hatting . . . — — Map (db m119053) WM
Osceola County's
Noble Defenders of Humanity
In The World War
1917 - 1919
South side names:
Ackerman, Edward Peter ·
Adolf, Helmuth P. ·
Alexander, Emerson Bell ·
Albee, Hiram G. ·
Allard, Ray Sidney ·
Albers, . . . — — Map (db m119052) WM
A collection of materials and important papers representative of the period were buried in a time capsule in front of this marker during the 1972 Osceola County Centennial Celebration.
Those involved in this, did so with the hope that it . . . — — Map (db m119050) HM
World War 1.
Joseph W Guyton •
Sherman R. Dumon •
Rolland L. Rose •
Nathaniel L. Elkins •
William J. Sullivan •
Leven W. De View •
Raymond Richmond •
Lewis Opper •
Franklin P. Huddle •
Floyd L. Thompson
World War 2.
Harold . . . — — Map (db m235332) WM
Joseph W. Guyton (1889-1918) lived
most of his life near Evart, working
as a farmer, plumber, and well
driller. When the U.S. entered World
War I in 1917, Guyton was drafted
into the army. He could have elected
not to go since he was . . . — — Map (db m235309) HM WM
German settlers of this Osceola
County farming community
began holding evangelical
services in the home of
John J. Arndt in 1872. Later,
services were held in a log
house a quarter mile west of
here. The church society
was formally organized . . . — — Map (db m235308) HM
Irish millwright Christopher Clark
and his Canadian wife, Marion Hixon
Clark, settled here in 1875 after
purchasing 240 acres of virgin
forest from the Ryerson, Hills and
Company lumbering firm. They opened
a general store and in 1878 . . . — — Map (db m190616) HM
In 1870 the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and the Evangelical Church of Sweden collaborated in promoting Swedish immigration to Michigan. Through the efforts of the Reverend Josiah Tustin of Grand . . . — — Map (db m182781) HM
Swedish immigrants, anxious to escape
famine and an unsympathetic government, flowed into the Midwest frontier
of America from the 1870s to 1890s
searching for land and work. Railroads
and lumbering industries offered attractive opportunities to . . . — — Map (db m235304) HM
In memory of
Thomas R. Wiseman, 1925-1979.
Mr. Wiseman, Chief Maintenance Engineer for the State Highway
System from 1976 – 1979, exemplified the skilled and dedicated
engineers who administer Michigan’s outstanding highway
system. His 30 . . . — — Map (db m235240) HM
136 entries matched your criteria. Entries 101 through 136 are listed above. ⊲ Previous 100
