Lest They Be Forgotten
Dedicated Memorial Day May 25, 2015
In memory of Pinellas County’s fallen
killed in action during the Gulf War era
Army SPC Brittany B. Gordon • Army CPL Frank R. Gross • Army SPC Arturo . . . — — Map (db m244412) WM
Dedicated to All Men and Women Wounded in All Our Wars
My stone is red for the blood they shed. The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care.
If I could be seen by all mankind maybe peace will come in my lifetime. . . . — — Map (db m244318) WM
This public park is dedicated by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners to the memory of all who have honorably served in the armed forces of the United States of America and to all residents and guests of this county for their wholesome . . . — — Map (db m244395) WM
For the next seventy-seven minutes, America and the world held their breath in shock and terror as the most deadly foreign attack on American soil unfolded in front of our eyes. After the initial attacks, the North and South Towers collapsed only . . . — — Map (db m255570) WM
In 1922, the Brooklyn Dodgers agreed to hold their spring training in Clearwater with the provision that the city would create an appropriate venue. The city broke ground on the Clearwater Athletic Field in December 1922 following the City Council’s . . . — — Map (db m102723) HM
On October 9, 1933 Clearwater's first government post office building was dedicated on this site with Postmaster General James A. Farley officiating. The local postmaster at the time was Charles R. Lee.
This Mediterranean-Revival style . . . — — Map (db m248667) HM
Gift of
The Class of 1992
&
Journalism Students
The artist created "Endangered" from "found objects" of recycled metal, mostly chrome bumpers.
Students are the hope of the future, the environment and its preservation.
Paul . . . — — Map (db m4983) HM
Near this site was located the first public supported school within the present limits of the City of Clearwater. Known as the Taylor Schoolhouse, erected in 1854. The surnames of the pupils included Taylor, Turner, McMullen, Henderson, Johnson, . . . — — Map (db m67061) HM
Named in honor of
President William Henry Harrison
Ninth President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
Hon. Herbert j. Drane,
March 18th, 1935
According to the records of the War Department of the United States, Fort . . . — — Map (db m214939) HM
Harbor Oaks was Clearwater's first planned residential development. Dean Alvord, a major developer in New York state, opened Harbor Oaks in 1914. Bringing modern planning concepts to the Pinellas County area, the development offered innovative . . . — — Map (db m50506) HM
Jack Russell was a local businessman, city commissioner, chairman of the Clearwater baseball committee, and former major league baseball pitcher integral in the construction of a new stadium in the City of Clearwater. Russell advocated for the . . . — — Map (db m146966) HM
Originally built circa 1925, the Magnolia Drive Dock was a Harbor Oaks landmark for many years as a neighborhood gathering spot for picnics, weddings, fishing, block parties, and relaxing evenings watching the sunsets. After standing for 68 years it . . . — — Map (db m3253) HM
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Acknowledging the needs of Clearwater’s growing Black community, the city commission created North Greenwood Cemetery, also known as the ‘Clearwater Colored Cemetery.” On January 2, 1940, the city adopted a resolution that established a . . . — — Map (db m212590) HM
In 1873, the first school under public administration in present-day Pinellas County was established in a log structure originally built for the Midway Baptist Church in the area of what is now the Clearwater Municipal Cemetery. In 1884, the school . . . — — Map (db m135325) HM
Formed in 1912, Pinellas County quickly outgrew its original courthouse and in 1916 the Board of County Commissioners voted in favor of a $160,000 bond issue to finance the construction of a new courthouse and jail. Well-known architect Francis J. . . . — — Map (db m110672) HM
The Seminole Bridge was the original link to Clearwater Beach. Completed in 1917, the wooden bridge opened up access to the beach and paved the way for its first development. The bridge terminated where the Palm Pavilion stands today. It became . . . — — Map (db m3252) HM
When the first burial occurred here in the late 1800s, this land was owned by the McMullen family. It continued to be used as a Black cemetery after the Coachman family purchased the property in 1902. The Coachman family lost the land during the . . . — — Map (db m266919) HM
Crystal Beach is one of the original communities in Pinellas County. The first settlers came to the area and began homesteading around 1850. In 1912, land developers Dr. J.D. Hanby and A.D. Powers of the Crystal Beach Development Co. platted the . . . — — Map (db m212397) HM
Crystal Beach is one of the original communities in Pinellas County. The first settlers came to the area and began homesteading around 1850. In 1912, land developers Dr. J.D. Hanby and A.D. Powers of the Crystal Beach Development Co. platted the . . . — — Map (db m120365) HM
The Blue Heron Hotel was built in 1917. Reverend Fred C. and Cora Markerts established Faith Mission in Tampa as a children's home in 1923. In 1928, it moved to Crystal Beach and occupied the Blue Heron. Faith Mission grew to peak occupancy of 87 . . . — — Map (db m110446) HM
Ancient ceremonial and burial mounds on Caladesi Island are evidence of pre-European activity by countless generations of Native Americans. After the Spanish conquest of La Florida in the 1500s, the island was a site for seasonal encampments . . . — — Map (db m254798) HM
Distinguished naturalist from Indiana, who from his home across the highway devoted twenty-seven winters, between 1913 and 1940, to the highly skillful exploration of the world of nature around Dunedin and elsewhere in southern Florida, writing some . . . — — Map (db m4733) HM
Before you is the home built in 1915 by Dr. Willis Stanley Blatchley, one of the nation's most renowned naturalists. Dr. Blatchley made significant contributions to the fields of entomology, ornithology, geology, and botany. He authored 13 books and . . . — — Map (db m144150) HM
At the peak of the 1920s “land boom,” Dunedin Isles Golf Club was built to attract new residents to the City of Dunedin. Scotsman Donald Ross, one of the world’s foremost golf course architects, visited the site and designed the golf . . . — — Map (db m67685) HM
Since the 1880’s, this neighborhood has hosted a vibrant African-American community. The residents, some descended from former slaves, migrated from other places and contributed greatly to the development and culture of Dunedin. The local churches . . . — — Map (db m152897) HM
Early Dunedin homesteader B. M. Brown and the Emerson family donated land for the construction of a church in 1876. Before it was built, John G. Andrews lost his brother William, who was killed while riding a horse during a violent storm. Andrews . . . — — Map (db m121848) HM
This Park contains an original Stage coach road known as Old road 37
This was once the main road that ran from Clearwater to Tarpon Springs and dates Back to the early 1920’s
Please come explore the old road — — Map (db m70728) HM
In 1888, this site was the original location of the Orange Belt Railway Station.
A newer station was built in 1900, but burned down.
The present station was built in 1924, and used by the Atlantic Coast Railroad Company until the railroad was . . . — — Map (db m111888) HM
This marker commemorates the men and women who achieved American independence. These Patriots, believing in the noble cause of liberty, fought valiantly to found a new nation. 1775-1783
Presented by Caladesi Chapter Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m256327) WM
The American's Creed
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many . . . — — Map (db m50509) HM
The LVT (amtrac) is an amphibious vehicle designed from Donald Roebling's Alligator for military operations on land and sea. 18,000 + were produced between 1941 and 1945. Originally built in Dunedin FL, LVTs played a significant role in our victory . . . — — Map (db m252330) HM WM
In this area between Curlew and Cedar Creek along St. Joseph Sound during the month of August, 1941, the first Alligator, which was designed by Donald Roebling and built in Dunedin, was received and launched by elements of the U.S. Marine Corps . . . — — Map (db m120368) HM
Dedicated to recall in the minds of all men those Americans who did not ask but who have repeatedly served under this country's flag to their fullest whenever the cause of freedom and democracy has been threatened anywhere in the world. — — Map (db m217229) WM
Elizabeth Skinner, Florida Equal Suffrage Assn. organized county women here in former library hall. Lobbied for suffrage in Tallahassee 1919. — — Map (db m174829) HM
Constructed as a toll bridge for auto and street car traffic by George S. Gandy, a pioneer West Coast developer, it was begun in 1922 and opened in 1924. The structure consisted of 3¼ miles of causeways and 2½ miles of bridge, and at its . . . — — Map (db m129358) HM
In memory of
Albert Fielding Lang
“Uncle Al”
Nov. 16, 1870-Feb. 27, 1960
Came to Florida in 1911
Mayor of St. Petersburg:
1916 to 1918-1918 to 1920
Founding President of St. Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce
Brought . . . — — Map (db m129659) HM
The U.S. Department of the Interior has listed the Gulfport Casino in the National Register of Historic Places. This is the third such Casino on this location. The first fell in the 1921 hurricane; the second came down in the early 1930s. Using . . . — — Map (db m135952) HM
This 8.8 acre peninsula was formed over time by deposits of material into the Clam Bayou estuary. During the days of early settlement, it was known as Seagrape Point, where families fished, gathered shells, and picked grapes. In the mid-20th . . . — — Map (db m244065) HM
When in the early 1900s the St. Petersburg and Gulf Electric Railway Company planed their streetcar line to connect with the Gulf beaches, they first had to determine a termination point where boats could meet the trolleys to carry passengers across . . . — — Map (db m135936) HM
Built as the Hotel Rolyat in 1925, these Mediterranean Revival buildings originally were designed by Paul Reed of the Miami architectural firm of Kiehnel & Elliot for developer Jack Taylor. In 1929, after the collapse of the Florida land boom, the . . . — — Map (db m68134) HM
Gulfport was Steven Jay Robin’s adopted home. He loved his little city by the bay. Steve joined the Navy after graduating from H.B. Plant High School and was assigned to the USS Pueblo in 1967. On 23 January 1968 Steve Robin was wounded and taken . . . — — Map (db m217231) HM WM
A Cottage Industry
This simple dwelling, built a shell's throw from the Gulf of Mexico
in the Lone Palm Beach subdivision, was part of a settlement that became Madeira Beach. It was typical of coastal cottages built during the 1930s. . . . — — Map (db m301157) HM
From Nassau to Spring Bayou
Bahamian native Joshua Boyer, already a seasoned sailor, left for Key West before he was 20. He spent the 1870s earning a living from the sea along Florida's sparsely settled west coast. On a fishing trip in 1877, . . . — — Map (db m239040) HM
A Crews Quarters
In the 1840s staff at the Auburn & Syracuse Line Railroad
in New York came up with the idea for a caboose. The
last car of a freight train, the caboose housed the crew
and the conductor's office. The 5 member crew . . . — — Map (db m252331) HM
Frances
The American La France fire engine, nicknamed 'Frances', went into service at the Belleview Hotel in 1917. Imagine a hotel with its own fire truck! The self-sufficient hotel, one of the largest structures on the Pinellas Peninsula, . . . — — Map (db m237367) HM
Speed from shore to shore
The Gandy Bridge, revolutionized travel between Tampa and St. Petersburg. The bridge shortened the distance between the two cities from 43 miles to 10 miles. The Reduction in mileage improved travel and boosted St. . . . — — Map (db m254670) HM
A Cottage with a Clear View of the Water
This was one of the earliest structures to dot the bluffs along the remote landscape of Clear Water Harber when fewer than 20 families lived along the shoreline. This wood frame home originally only . . . — — Map (db m237337) HM
One Stop Shopping
Between 1900 and 1920, St. Petersburg's population soared from 1,575 to more than 14,000. This store opened in the Mound Park neighborhood to serve blossoming nearby communities like Roser Park. Shoppers came to this small . . . — — Map (db m237370) HM
Who Was Harris?
William Harris and his wife, 'Mamie,' raised their 6 children in the rural Lealman area of the Pinellas Peninsula in the early 1900s. William, better known as 'Uncle Bill, farmed citrus and later worked in real estate and . . . — — Map (db m298024) HM
A Queen Anne with a Royal View
This impressive home rested on the bluff in downtown Clearwater near the Pinellas County Courthouse. From its wrap around porch, occupants enjoyed magnificent views of Clearwater Bay and the developing city. The . . . — — Map (db m238846) HM
In Grateful Remembrance
of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces
who served their country with patriotic valor and courage during
World War II
Let Us Never Forget!
Marker placed by the Florida State Society
Daughters of . . . — — Map (db m239139) WM
Building a Bigger Barn
Wesley and Mary Lowe farmed a variety of crops in the Anona region, a community that grew up around Wesley's father's homestead. As their family business grew, so did the need for a larger barn. By 1911 the family . . . — — Map (db m237347) HM
A Full Life
In 1888 Wesley Lowe supervised construction of this home built in Anona for his wife Mary, their children and his father, Captain John Thomas Lowe. The Lowes branched out from a shipping business to become farmers, raising a . . . — — Map (db m238178) HM
Life in the Early Years
Daniel and Margaret McMullen and their children built this home in 1868. They come to the Pinellas Peninsula in the early 1850s, following in the footsteps of Daniel's older brother James. During the Civil War years . . . — — Map (db m237390) HM
The Coachman Story
Here Come the Coachmans
In 1902 Soloman and Jessie Coachman purchased the McMullen homestead, including the cabin and about 240 ocres, for $8,100. They 'modernized' the house by adding glass to the open windows and . . . — — Map (db m236868) HM
The McMullen Story
Cotton, Cattle and Citrus
James and Elizabeth McMullen built this 1 1/2 story log cabin near Alligator Creek, part of present day Clearwater. They raised livestock and farmed, growing a variety of crops including . . . — — Map (db m238203) HM
More Than a Farm Home
George Washington and Frances Moore left Kentucky in 1875 to follow his parents to the Pinellas Peninsula. They built this house next to his parents' plot of land -- just east of Stevenson Creek. George, a blacksmith and . . . — — Map (db m237086) HM
Before Privacy
Families with no indoor plumbing used unsanitary pits or cesspools
to take care of business. These small wooden outhouses provided
a marvelous modern convenience -- for the 1930s that is. Outhouses, or privies, were private . . . — — Map (db m236857) HM
An Unknown Beginning
This building has a mysterious history. It is very similar in style to houses built by the railroad magnate Henry Plant. He built the luxury hotel, The Belleview, and some believe Plant's supervisors, either from the . . . — — Map (db m238256) HM
Methodist Congregation
Originally this church building was in a central location in the growing community of Green Springs renamed Safety Harbor in 1917. Early church members included pioneer families of the upper Pinellas Peninsula, such . . . — — Map (db m238277) HM
A Long Rest and Short Relaxation
This pavilion was an open shelter at a Tarpon Springs cemetery. In earlier times, rural settlers buried their dearly departed in unmarked gravesites near their homes, but when land changed hands, sometimes . . . — — Map (db m238596) HM
A Cure for Meat
Before grocery stores or reliable refrigeration, rural families preserved or 'cured' their meat or fish in smokehouses. While the meat was still fresh, they covered it with a salt based seasoning, about 6-8 pounds of salt . . . — — Map (db m236847) HM
A Warehouse Near the Gulf
Around 1930 Drosos Alahuzos opened a wholesale sponge business in this wood frame warehouse, part of his family's Philadelphia based business. After his death in 1955, another Philadelphia sponge dealer, George . . . — — Map (db m238194) HM
Sweet Success
Dizzy Business
To extract juice from the sugar cane plant, workers fed stalks in between the two rollers and caught the crushed cane as it came out. The cane juice flowed from the grinder into a huge barrel. They rolled the . . . — — Map (db m236851) HM
All Aboard!
Before railroads came to Pinellas, settlers traveled by foot, buggy, or horseback or by boat. The state's first railroad ended at Cedar Key, nearly 100 miles north of the Pinellas Peninsula. In the 1880s, Russian immigrant Peter . . . — — Map (db m238669) HM
A Hand-Me Down School
This building, probably built as a World War I barracks,
was a portable classroom at the all white Tarpon
Springs Elementary School for about 20 years. In
1942 school officials moved the building to the Union Academy . . . — — Map (db m237042) HM
An Earlier Time
Jesse Walsingham came to central Pinellas in the mid 1890s. The young man fell in love with Mary O'Quinn, a member of the McMullen and O'Quinn pioneer families. They exchanged vows and settled in the Largo area before . . . — — Map (db m237466) HM
A Wild City Park
During the late 1880s, St. Petersburg was a sleepy pine scrub village driving to be cosmopolitan. Northerners relocation to this community, both permanent and seasonal residents, helped transform the aspiring town by . . . — — Map (db m239118) HM
Shanksville, PA • New York, NY • Washington , D.C.
This memorial was dedicated September 11, 2014 to honor and remember the almost 3,000 innocent victims Murdered during the four terrorist attacks upon our country on September 11, 2001. . . . — — Map (db m256803) HM WM
To the left and around the comer, there are 3,000 laser-cut holes in a wall of steel to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Of the nearly 3,000 lives lost that day, 246 were victims on the doomed flights, 125 at the Pentagon and 2,606 in New . . . — — Map (db m256507) WM
To the right and around the corner, there are 3,000 laser-cut, holes in a wall of steel to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Of the nearly 3,000 lives lost that day, 246 were victims on the doomed flights, 125 at the Pentagon and 2,606 in New . . . — — Map (db m256513) WM
In 1895, Dr. Susan K. Whitford and other local women founded the Ozona Ladies Improvement Society, which focused on community development initiatives. Early meetings were held in members' homes, and it was quickly decided that a permanent meeting . . . — — Map (db m110868) HM
To honor our nation, the freedoms we cherish and the men and women who serve in protecting our freedoms
In loving memory of Captain Dean Parks, who taught hundreds of local youth how to fish
Re-establishment of flagpole, fall 2015 . . . — — Map (db m255504) WM
Our Living Landscape serves to broaden an appreciation of how native plant species play an important role in the social, cultural, and economic traditions of those who live on the landscape.
Plants provide food, medicine, shelter, dyes, fibers, . . . — — Map (db m252339) HM
This Gulf Style wood frame vernacular cottage is typical of architectural design for
small homes built in our area during the first half of the 20th century.
Originally constructed on Fisher Road near historic Curlew United Methodist . . . — — Map (db m252300) HM
Roses were brought to area homesteads as fond reminders of friendship and family life in previous locations. These plants were nurtured for generations. The pink blooming rose specimen here has lived nestled against the Hartley House for many . . . — — Map (db m288547) HM
How did early inhabitants of Florida deal with mosquitoes and sand flies?
A common practice, employed by native people, was the practice of creating an outdoor "smudge fire." Smudge in this use means "smoky." Across glowing coals of a . . . — — Map (db m252337) HM
Lois Oxnam was already an experienced ranch hand when she began working at Boot Ranch in 1953. At 4 ft. 11 in. and 87 lb, Lois had no problem wrestling scrub cattle, breaking horses and handling 2,200lb Brahman bulls; Al Boyd often referred to . . . — — Map (db m288548) HM
Mr. Hartley's Mules
Family stories and photos verify that two mules pulled a wagon, plows, and mowing equipment to aid the Hartley family in tending a citrus grove that existed here when this property was purchased from John S. Whitehurst. . . . — — Map (db m252318) HM
The Florida Methodist Conference College, now Florida Southern College, relocated its campus to present-day Palm Harbor in 1902 after purchasing the San Marino Hotel, located at Florida Avenue and Omaha Street. In 1904, the college built an . . . — — Map (db m132917) HM
For thousands of years previous to European conquest, untold generations of indigenous people capably thrived and adapted in environments we can hardly imagine.
A matrilineal society, these "first people" skillfully utilized the rich . . . — — Map (db m252315) HM
(Side 1)
The Hartley House
In 1883, Walton and Louisa Whitehurst sold 80 acres of their land in Curlew to James Hartley. He and his wife, Frances, had recently moved from Danforth, Illinois with their son, Thomas. They later joined . . . — — Map (db m279986) HM
Cold, tasty water from this well provided water for drinking and household use for generations of people living on and visiting this land.
This well was dug when John Sherrod Whitehurst (1856-1944), eldest son of Louisa Jane and Walton . . . — — Map (db m252310) HM
Situated next to his home, in a simple open-air pole barn, Thomas Hartley operated a ladder factory. With the help of 2 or 3 workers Hartley produced between 400-1200 ladders per year. Hartley manufactured ladders for use throughout Florida, as well . . . — — Map (db m252306) HM
[panel 1: 1905] This reproduction of a postcard dated 1905 is one of the earliest pictures of Wall Springs. Purchased by Charles F. Wall from the State of Florida in 1876, Wall Springs soon became a popular recreation destination by the end . . . — — Map (db m166177) HM
Why is a Roseate Spoonbill on our Outdoor Signage?
John Alexander Sutton, an early settler, donated land for a church and cemetery—provided he could name the church.
In those days, flocks of birds nested in rookeries along the . . . — — Map (db m252329) HM
Flingkei Book Club
Flingkei Book Club, the Pinellas County expansion of a book club founded in Japan in 1962 by Alden Matthews, is honored to provide the funding for this Wind Phone in tribute not only to him, but to four of our members . . . — — Map (db m252399) HM
This area surrounding Pinellas Park's original train station has been a hub of activity since P.J. McDevitt arrived in 1909 to grow sugar cane. In 1912 one of Pinellas Park's pioneers, Walter Bender, built his home in the area now known as Davis . . . — — Map (db m68136) HM
Dedicated September 6, 2008
Designed by Vladimir A. Hostomsky
~ Symbolism of the Sculpture ~
Two glass columns are representative of the World Trade Center towers
Chips of broken glass signify the broken hearts of American . . . — — Map (db m256357) WM
This area was historically known as Dansville, named for one of its founding residents, Dan Henry. The twelfth of fifteen children, Henry moved here from Dawson, Georgia, with his brother Lloyd’s family in the early 1920s. At the time, citrus groves . . . — — Map (db m210585) HM
This tree is reportedly the oldest living Live Oak Tree in Pinellas County and is estimated to be between 300 to 500 years old. This grand oak tree is registered with The Live Oak Society of the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc. — — Map (db m3244) HM
Menendez, Spanish Governor of Florida, after building fort at St. Augustine (1565) came to this site in 1567 and persuaded the Indian Chief Tocobago and his 1500 braves who lived here, to accept Christianity. Menendez erected a blockhouse for a . . . — — Map (db m46671) HM
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