William (Billy) Franklin Graham preached his first sermon on Easter Sunday night, March 28, 1947 at the Bostwick Baptist Church near Palatka, Florida. Graham was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 17, 1918. He was saved in a Mordecal Ham . . . — — Map (db m146961) HM
Built in 1921, was in continued use until 1977
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
The first floor had four rooms and was used for grades 1 through 8 with two . . . — — Map (db m146963) HM
Civic Rights Activist, Trade Union Leader, Crusader for Justice 1889–1979
“Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.”
Asa Philip . . . — — Map (db m5514) HM
Dedicated August 25, 1973
in honor of Thomas A. Dexter
Crescent City Commission
Bobby L. Wiltcher-Mayor
Commissioners
Jimmy Miller
Dudley Sargent
Jack Deacon
Jerry Ellis — — Map (db m102426) HM
On February 5, 1865 near this site the Battle of Braddocks Farm was fought between the 2nd Florida Cavalry Company's H and B and the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Captain J.J. Dickison, commanding the 2nd FL Cavalry received word that the . . . — — Map (db m216258) HM
Site of the colony of Denys Rolle, English philanthropist. The settlement, composed of 200 indentured servants from the streets of London, was founded in 1767. It did not prosper and the settlers scattered. Negro slaves were imported to tend cattle, . . . — — Map (db m56656) HM
William Bartram, botanist, artist, naturalist, explored St. Johns River area while headquartered near this site in 1774.
Erected by Palatka Daily News in cooperation with Garden Club of Palatka, Tillandsia Wildflower Club and Florida Federation . . . — — Map (db m56639) HM
During the 1870s, Scotsman Charles S. Edgar mined kaolin clay deposits for the Edgar Brothers Clay Company of Metuchen, New Jersey. This clay was used to make heat- resistant bricks and hearth tiles. As the company expanded, Edgar began searching . . . — — Map (db m100893) HM
In the late 1800s, marshlands surrounding an upland area located 15 miles west of Palatka were being drained to make farmland and lure newcomers to the area. The name of the community came from one of the original residents — Flora Sipprell. . . . — — Map (db m194389) HM
People Made this Landscape You're at the north shore of Rodman Reservoir, also known as Lake Ocklawaha. This is the most popular access point for paddling, fishing and sightseeing. The history of this human-made landscape goes back centuries to . . . — — Map (db m167897) HM
The Lincoln Lane school is a historic reminder of segregation in Putnam County. Built in 1938 at a cost "not to exceed $600," the one-room schoolhouse served African American children from grades 1 through 6. Compared with white schools operating in . . . — — Map (db m93081) HM
Formerly known as the "Banana burying grounds," the Melrose non-denominational cemetery was established in 1860 by the Eliam Baptist Church, founded in 1859. The farming community of Banana consisted of small farms, a post office / general store and . . . — — Map (db m101755) HM
Established to educate children of west Putnam County and surrounding communities, Melrose High School began in 1882 as a wooden building on Wynwood Street. In 1927, the school moved to this location when Putnam County constructed a new wooden . . . — — Map (db m101754) HM
Since its beginning as the Literary and Debating Society in 1890, the Melrose Woman's Club has been a major contributor to community development. The formation of the Improvement Society for Melrose in 1891 was one of its first accomplishments. The . . . — — Map (db m101760) HM
In memory of those who entered the Armed Forces from the Melrose area and served our country during World War II.
Dec 7, 1941 – Sept. 2, 1945
We will never forget — — Map (db m153199) WM
Side 1
In 1881, the Rev. Mr. Franklin of St. John's Episcopal Chapel in Earleton led the service that began Trinity Church. The congregants met fortnightly in a member's home. When the congregation grew to 9 families, members organized a Ladies' . . . — — Map (db m173976) HM
Atlantic Coast Line
222 N. 11th St.
Has Been Placed On The
National Register
Of Historic Places
By The United States
Department Of The Interior
c.1909 — — Map (db m137108) HM
The Flower Hunter William Bartram, naturalist and author of Travels, sailed past Palatka in the spring of 1774. The Seminoles called him "Puc-Puggy," which means "Flower Hunter." The dried flower on this panel is one of the . . . — — Map (db m167990) HM
First marker:
Basil C. Pearce, Jr.
USS Tang Memorial
Dedicated by Richard H. O'Kane, Skipper
August 17, 1943 - October 25, 1944
Elton Brubaker, USS Flier (SS250) Aug. 13, 1944
Constructed by
Basil Pearce Chapter
U.S. . . . — — Map (db m77715) HM WM
At this site, on May 23rd, 1864, Captain John Jackson Dickison, with men from the 2nd Florida Cavalry and a battery from the Milton Light Artillery, disabled and captured the Federal gunboat, Columbine. At the time, Union forces controlled the land . . . — — Map (db m101762) HM
The Bronson-Mulholland house was constructed for Isaac H. Bronson around 1853. A lawyer and United States congressman from New York, Bronson served as a member of the Committee on Territories in the late 1830s. He proposed the act for Florida . . . — — Map (db m80742) HM
"God Was Good to this Country" On a rainy February day in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson spoke to a crowd near here. "God was good to this country… He gave us great estuaries, natural locales for harbors, but he left it to us to dredge them out . . . — — Map (db m167899) HM
Two and a-half miles to the east, at Rodeheaver Boys Ranch, President Lyndon B. Johnson, on February 27, 1964, dedicated the Start of Construction on the 185-MILE CROSS FLORIDA BARGE CANAL. An estimated audience of 15,000 attended. — — Map (db m129568) HM
Natural Beauty & Tourist Destination
The St. Johns River has always been famous for its natural beauty and was one of the many factors that led to Florida’s development as a tourist destination. Travelling down this ancient resource . . . — — Map (db m220404) HM
Established in May, 1838, this fort was one of the major quartermaster depots in Florida during the Second Seminole War. It operated under Gen. William J. Worth until he assumed command of the armies in Florida. Military facilities included a . . . — — Map (db m94991) HM
T.B. Gillespie, a road contractor was the father of the concept for Ravine Gardens then owned by the City of Palatka.
1,648 men were employed by the Civic Works Council for this $150,000 project. Richard Forrester of Jacksonville was the . . . — — Map (db m131076) HM
Grand Gables Inn
Bed & Breakfast
Once described as "perhaps the finest home in
all Florida,” Palatka Daily News, 1884
The Sherman Conant House, Circa 1884, Located in
historic Palatka Florida . . . — — Map (db m220556) HM
The Hotel James (aka James Hotel) was designed by Henry John Klutho, a nationally known architect of the Prairie School style from Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Klutho designed two other buildings in Palatka. The recently restored Larimer Arts Center . . . — — Map (db m129635) HM
A Man and a Dam The Senator George Kirkpatrick Dam has been a site of conflict for decades — even before its foundations were built. The dam and the Rodman Reservoir were built in the 1960s as part of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. . . . — — Map (db m167898) HM
Natives lived on the St. Johns River Northwest Florida was home to Native Americans for some 15,000 years. About 7,000 years ago, they began settling along the St. Johns River. French and Spanish explorers arrived in what is now Palatka in the . . . — — Map (db m131067) HM
Established as a trading post in 1821, the settlement was burned in the Seminole War (1836). In 1838, the U.S. Government constructed Fort Shannon which served as a garrison, supply depot and hospital for the forts in the southern area of Florida. . . . — — Map (db m172826) HM
Whitewater Branch was the primary water source for Palatka
In 1886-87 Wheeler and Parks Company of Boston, Mass., built the Palatka Waterworks. The steam pumping machinery delivered one million gallons of water in 24 hours. In 1947, the . . . — — Map (db m130073) HM
(front)
"1861-Our Confederate heroes-1865"
Although the flag they died to save
floats not over any land or sea
throughout eternal years shall wave
the banner of their chivalry.
(right)
The principles
for which they . . . — — Map (db m155287) WM
1941 1945
In memoriam
Members of the Putnam County
High School Band
who made the supreme sacrifice
in World War II
James Bryant Solana, Jr.
Elton Stanley Brubaker — — Map (db m77941) WM
1950 1955
Erected to perpetuate
the honored memory of
these citizens
Putnam County, Fla.
who gave their lives
in the Korean Conflict
Pleze Anderson • Thomas L. Bell • Walter W. Downing • Connie W. Jones • Henry R. McGauley . . . — — Map (db m78110) WM
1990 — 1991
In appreciation and memory of
all military service personnel
from Putnam County, Florida
for bravery and service to our
country during the Persian Gulf
War (Operation Desert Storm)
Erected and dedicated by the . . . — — Map (db m78109) WM
1964 1975
Erected to perpetuate
the honored memory of
these citizens
Putnam County, Fla.
who gave their lives
in the Viet Nam conflict
David E. Burney •
Henry A. Deutsch •
Walter Ellis •
John L. Fortner •
Edward B. Fulgham, . . . — — Map (db m78108) WM
Erected to perpetuate
the honored memory of
these citizens
of
Putnam County, Fla.
who gave their lives
in the World War
Edward Abraham • Frederick E. Bailey • Edgar M. Baker • Burroughs Blackman • John Caine • Lucius Campbell • . . . — — Map (db m78138) WM
1941 1945
Erected to perpetuate
the honored memory of
these citizens
of
Putnam County, Fla.
who gave their lives in
the World War II
Thomas Archie Jr. • Amos J. Barber • William J. Barker • Phillip C. Bersch • Andrew B. . . . — — Map (db m78139) WM
Episcopal services in Palatka were first conducted in 1846 by the Rev. John F. Young, later Bishop of Florida (18767-1885). The parish was organized in 1853, and the church completed in 1854. During the Civil War, St. Mark's was used as a . . . — — Map (db m77732) HM
The natural ravine was developed into Ravine Gardens in the 1930s by the City of Palatka and the Federal Government. The suspension bridges and amphitheater built at that time have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. . . . — — Map (db m130074) HM
During the Civil War (1861-1865), Florida was a Confederate state. Union forces controlled the St. Johns River, threatening Palatka. The hills above the ravines were an ideal location for a militia camp. Soldiers there had fresh water in Whitewater . . . — — Map (db m130075) HM
The First Presbyterian Church of Palatka Has Been Placed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior — — Map (db m167988) HM
In the years following the Civil War, Palatka expanded from a 31-block settlement in 1861 to double that size by the 1880’s. During this expansion distinct neighborhoods formed. One of these was known as the Hammock. The Hammock was considered to be . . . — — Map (db m130150) HM
The Putnam House
Famous Hotel
— On This Site —
1868 - 1922
Mural in memory of
The Hon. H.M. Fearnside
Mayor and Legislator
May 2000 — — Map (db m221473) HM
Palatka Memorial Bridge
Visualized in 1921 at an estimated cost of $375,000, the Memorial Bridge spanning the St. John’s River was completed six years later. The bridge was considered at that time to represent the highest type of modern . . . — — Map (db m78142) HM
This memorial is raised not for the cause of war, nor for the prizes of victory: rather, it is dedicated in honor of the men who fought and died for freedom.
While war is abhorrent to all civilized men, conflict is often necessary for the . . . — — Map (db m77942) WM
In 1774, while coasting past a Seminole settlement on the riverfront
of what is now Palatka, William Bartram wrote in his book, Travels:
"There were 8 to 10 habitations facing the river. Some of the youth were naked up to their hips in . . . — — Map (db m240766) HM
Erected in honor of all Vietnam veterans who patriotically and unselfishly served our country in defense of freedom. Their service to country, loyalty to mankind, dedication to liberty and personal sacrifices are an inspiration to all . . . — — Map (db m77716) WM
(side 1)
Landing at What is Now Palatka
“I suddenly saw before me an Indian settlement or village…
There were eight or ten habitations…Some of the youth were naked up to their hips in the water, fishing with rods and lines, . . . — — Map (db m220230) HM
“North Historic District”
The North Historic District first became known as “Reid’s Garden in the 1840’s when the land it occupies was deeded to R.R. Reid. Reid was at that time the head of a mercantile company and the son of a Florida . . . — — Map (db m220411) HM
U.S. Navy submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II. A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are on board these 52 U.S. Submarines still on “patrol.”
Albacore • Amberjack • Argonaut • Barbel • Bonefish • Bullhead • Capelin • Cisco . . . — — Map (db m220228) HM WM
Panel 1:
Mount Royal
Mount Royal is an ancient American Indian site that includes the burial mound beyond this display, as well a the remains of a Spanish mission and associated village. The mound was built around 1,000 years ago by . . . — — Map (db m93077) HM
Indians constructed the mound and earthworks of this site between A.D. 1250 and 1500. They built the mound as a place to bury their dead, and it grew in phases.
When Clarence B. Moore excavated portions of the mound in the 1890s, he discovered . . . — — Map (db m93075) HM
Mount Royal has been a favored location for people to live for thousands of years. Archaeological sites include a Native American burial mound, earthworks, village area, and evidence of a British plantation, as well as the remains of a Spanish . . . — — Map (db m60469) HM
In the Dec. 4, 1818 Georgia Journal directors of the Bank of the State of Georgia at Savannah announced a meeting on Jan. 1, 1819 to appoint 7 directors and a cashier for the branches established at Eatonton and Greensborough. Branch Banks . . . — — Map (db m33956) HM
Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories, his mother and grand-mother moved in 1853 to a small two room house here in the back yard of the Andrew Reid Mansion from Barnes Tavern. The women did sewing for the large Reid family. Joel's mother, a . . . — — Map (db m186598) HM
The oldest Methodist Church west of the Oconee River, Concord, first called Victory, was established in 1810, when William B. Pritchard and Thomas Johnston built a little log church on the Stage Coach Line from Milledgeville to Athens, on land . . . — — Map (db m15384) HM
Eatonton Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Christians, and the Masonic Lodge
joined together in 1818 to build the Old Union Church on land donated by James
Shackleford from his 23 acre home tract. He specified the land be used for a church, . . . — — Map (db m173446) HM
G.C. Adams, leading educator in Georgia, was born in Newton County in 1868. He became Newton County School Superintendent in 1902, after several years of teaching. While Superintendent he worked to consolidate the county schools, a pioneer . . . — — Map (db m34597) HM
This Georgia 4-H Center is a tribute to former members and an educational training center for all future members.
Georgia 4-H Club work, with its equal training of the Head, Heart, Hands and Health, started in 1905 with 151 boys, each growing . . . — — Map (db m34545) HM
Georgia 4-H Club work started in 1905 with 151 boys, each growing one acre of corn, under the leadership of G.C. Adams. In 1911 girls' tomato and canning projects were started.
4-H work led by County Extension Agents, became part of . . . — — Map (db m13380) HM
The community of Hillsborough served as the site of the first county seat of Baldwin County in 1806 and later Putnam County after Putnam was created from Baldwin in December, 1807, but there is no known record that official County functions were . . . — — Map (db m242000) HM
Allen A. Beall's death in 1861 left his wife, Caroline Davis Beall, with 7 minor children and a 1500-acre corn and cotton plantation. This remarkable woman completed construction of and began operating a grist mill at this site on Crooked Creek in . . . — — Map (db m15158) HM
In 1839, Philadelphia Sunday School Society was organized and a house of worship was built on a tract of land on Lick Creek donated by the Turner family. Joel Chandler Harris, while he lived in Turnwold Plantation, attended this church with his . . . — — Map (db m186617) HM
Putnam County was created by Act of Dec. 10, 1807 out of Baldwin County. Among the prominent men born in Putnam County were Joel Chandler Harris and L. Q. C. Lamar. It was named for General Israel Putnam (1718-1790), Massachusetts hero of the . . . — — Map (db m186656) HM
East Face
A tribute of love from the Dixie Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy. ~*~ In honor of the men of Putnam County, who served in the Army of the Confederate States of America; “Those who fought and lived, and those who fought . . . — — Map (db m73953) HM
Eatonton's “Liberty Pole,” erected after Georgia's secession in 1861, towered 102 feet above the Putnam County Court House grounds holding an oversized flag. Approximately 10,000 Putnam County residents produced six infantry companies for . . . — — Map (db m197750) HM
Dedicated to all the veterans of Putnam County to the honor and glory of those who bravely served to keep our country a land of freedom Symbols for U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Air Force — — Map (db m59106) HM
One mile west of this point is a stone mound believed to have been constructed by prehistoric Indians before Columbus discovered America. The mound is composed of white quartz rocks, forming the shape of a bird in flight with its head turned toward . . . — — Map (db m34124) HM
This school, built in 1889 consolidated in 1890 and graded in 1892, is said to have been the first Consolidated rural school in Georgia, also the first Standard rural school and the first Vocational rural school in the State. The first Trustees . . . — — Map (db m14188) HM
Site of first log courthouse of Baldwin County, 1806-1808 and also of Putnam County, 1808-1809 Erected by the Board of Commissioners of Baldwin County, the Board of Commissioners of Putnam County, the Samuel Reid Chapter, D.A.R., the Nancy Hart . . . — — Map (db m224212) HM
(Side 1):
John C. Mason, native of S.C., came to Putnam Co. from Hancock Co. with his wife Abigail and several small children. He bought this lot, Square E lot 4, on the first day lots were sold in Eatonton, April 15, 1808. He was a unique . . . — — Map (db m33959) HM
Site of the home and private school of Adiel Sherwood 1832-1836
Author, Educator, Gospel Minister, Founder state Temperance Society, Citizen of the Commonwealth for about thirty years.
Born Fort Edward, New York, Oct. 3, 1791
Died . . . — — Map (db m34653) HM
Thirteen members established the Baptist Church of Christ at Ramoth on July 16, 1836. The original meetinghouse was completed by March 1837. Reverend Jesse H. Campbell served as the first pastor from 1836-1846. . Following the Civil War, the church . . . — — Map (db m107533) HM
Andrew & Mary Ann Clopton Reid’s 1852 National Register Greek Revival Mansion’s origins reach back to the 1816 “Eagle Tavern Inn.” Rising Star Masonic Lodge F & AM Lodge #39 minutes record its first Feast of St. John the Evangelist . . . — — Map (db m34641) HM
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. The Right Wing . . . — — Map (db m34604) HM
Closing in on Atlanta in July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, found its vast fortifications “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest.” To force an evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen. George Stoneman’s cavalry [US] (2112 men and . . . — — Map (db m106731) HM
This well shelter was probably built in 1839 when James Wright fulfilled his contract to dig a new well and build a well shelter on the public square for one hundred and fifty dollars. In 1902 a public drinking fountain was installed on the public . . . — — Map (db m21590) HM
Here, from 1862 to 1866, Joel Chandler Harris, author of "Uncle Remus", lived and worked as a printer's apprentice on what was probably the only newspaper ever printed on a Southern plantation, "The Countryman," a weekly newspaper edited and . . . — — Map (db m25355) HM
This memorial to Joel Chandler Harris, born in Eatonton Dec. 9, 1848, was constructed from three slave cabins found in Putnam County. Uncle Remus Museum, Inc., a local non-profit organization of dedicated citizens established and has maintained its . . . — — Map (db m186625) HM
On April 24, 1855, Irby Hudson Scott deeded to the trustees of a new newly organized and consolidated Methodist Episcopal group, three and three-quarter acres of land in the Tompkins District in Putnam County, Georgia. A church building was to be . . . — — Map (db m34672) HM
In honor of
The Buel Institute
the pioneer farmers association of Illinois. Organized in 1846, its membership was drawn from Putnam, LaSalle, Bureau, Marshall, Livingston and Peoria counties, and its activities for half a century exerted an . . . — — Map (db m213625) HM
This marker commemorates
the Granville Convention
of November 18, 1851
at which Jonathan Baldwin Turner first proposed the plan for establishing higher institutions of scientific industrial learning by federal aid, a plan which laid the . . . — — Map (db m213623) HM
John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell was born in 1834 in Mount Morris, New York, the son of Joseph Powell a Methodist preacher and avid abolitionist. When Powell was 12 years old, the family moved to a farm in Wisconsin. When he was 18, . . . — — Map (db m199793) HM
[Top plaque] In memory of John and Sarah Swaney, pioneers of this community whose generosity made this school possible. Class of 1910
[Bottom plaque] Site of first consolidated grade and high school formed in . . . — — Map (db m213626) HM
This bridge is also known as the Baker's Camp Covered Bridge. It was constructed in 1901 by J.J. Daniels over Big Walnut Creek. It is a single span and measures 128 feet long, 14 feet wide and stands 13 feet high. A short distance to the north is . . . — — Map (db m6428) HM
"Are we there yet?" For emigrants traveling along the National Road in Indiana, the answer was a resounding "YES!"
Many of us move for the same reasons: new jobs, attractive settings, and nice houses. In the 19th century, thousands moved west . . . — — Map (db m233272) HM
Greencastle Courthouse Square
6 West Washington Street
William Herndon
Jesse Weik
Abraham Lincoln
and
Greencastle
During the long, hot summer of 1887, William H. Herndon of Springfield, Illinois, the former law . . . — — Map (db m56295) HM
When a tailor from Ireland came to Greencastle to continue his trade, he brought with him a family name that was to be prominent in the Greencastle business community for more than 125 years.
The craftsman was Frank Cannon, Sr. Frank arrived in . . . — — Map (db m56272) HM
“I felt called to teach as some men feel called to preach.” - - - D.J. Cook
Donald J. Cook, born at Rock Island, Il. B.A., Augustana College, 1937, M.S., U. Of Illinois, 1938, Ph.D., Indiana U., 1944, also served as . . . — — Map (db m56340) HM
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