On Clark Lane at Cooper Lane, on the left when traveling west on Clark Lane.
The Levitt & International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation (I.T.T.) purchased 68,000 acres in 1969 for the development of a planned community. The site, named Palm Coast, offered numerous amenities, including a marina and golf course. Built in . . . — — Map (db m103420) HM
On North Ocean Shore Boulevard (State Road A1A) 0.1 miles north of Mala Compra Road, on the right when traveling south.
Joseph Martin Hernandez (1788-1857) purchased and worked Mala Compra Plantation, originally a Spanish land grant, from 1816 to 1836. The name Mala Compra means “bad bargain” or “bad purchase” in Spanish. It served as the . . . — — Map (db m99955) HM
On Casper Drive at Cooper Lane, on the left when traveling east on Casper Drive.
Levitt & International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. (ITT) developed 22,000 acres in Flagler County as part of the Palm Coast Project. Their goal was to construct the largest planned community in the nation. Full of scenic drives, golf courses, and a . . . — — Map (db m100406) HM
Near Princess Place Road 2.5 miles east of North Old Kings Road.
In 1791, the King of Spain offered a 1,100-acre land grant to Francisco Pellicer. Henry Mason Cutting purchased the property in 1886, renaming it Cherokee Grove. Featuring local materials including tabby block cladding, cedar and palm tree trunk . . . — — Map (db m101222) HM
Near Colbert Lane 0.1 miles north of Harbor View Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Due to an unprecedented construction boom after World War II, Lehigh Portland Cement Company expanded its Allentown, Pennsylvania operation. To curtail the cement shortage they opened new plants across the United States, Bunnell, Florida being . . . — — Map (db m188863) HM
On East Moody Boulevard (County Route 100) at North Pine Street, on the right when traveling west on East Moody Boulevard.
William Henry Deen was a pioneer resident of Flagler County. Born in Bailey, Georgia, in 1873, he came to the area from Chipley, Florida, in 1906. “Doc,” as he was known to his friends, was a local farmer. In 1919 he built a home at 805 E. Moody . . . — — Map (db m181289) HM
On South Atlantic Avenue (County Road A1A) 0.1 miles south of Kingfish Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
When Daytona Beach was founded in 1876 two of its founders, John Tolliver and Thaddeus S. Gooden, were African American. Over the years, Jim Crow laws changed the state drastically, and by the 1920s, African Americans were banned from most of . . . — — Map (db m136030) HM
Near North Ocean Shore Boulevard (Florida Route A1A) at Whitney Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Prehistoric Garbage Piles
The Native Americans that lived here for thousands of years are known only from the middens and mounds they left behind. Imagine if there were no big trucks to haul your garbage away. What if you simply tossed your . . . — — Map (db m153634) HM
Near N Ocean Shore Blvd. (National Route A1A) 0.1 miles north of Mala Compra Drive.
Plantations lined the banks of tidal waterways and freshwater rivers in northeast Florida by the late 1700s. Planters sought wealth from rice and indigo and later sea island cotton.
Florida’s Spanish government offered free ownership of land . . . — — Map (db m208300) HM
Near North Ocean Shore Boulevard (Florida Route A1A) 0.1 miles north of Mala Compra Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Seminoles Become Residents of Florida
Groups of lower Creeks began moving into Florida from central Georgia about 1715. Fifty years later they had established a separate identity as Seminoles. Seminoles were not a united tribe but a group . . . — — Map (db m209524) HM
On State Road 100 0.1 miles east of U.S. 1, on the left when traveling east.
The Holden House was designed and built in 1918 by Sam Bortree (1859–1918) as a gift for his daughter, Ethel (1892–1977), and son-in-law, Thomas Holden (1892–1974). Holden was the town pharmacist and prominent in business, civic . . . — — Map (db m72918) HM
Near N Ocean Shore Boulevard (National Route A1A) 0.1 miles north of Mala Compra Drive.
Joseph Hernandez was a significant person in early Florida, with a fascinating life. Part of it was spent at his Mala Compra Plantation, and the main buildings were located on this site.
Planter
Joseph Hernandez acquired three . . . — — Map (db m208294) HM
Near Briarwood Drive 0.1 miles west of Old Brick Road, on the right when traveling west.
Welcome to the former homestead of Isaac I. Moody, Jr. one of four founding fathers of Flagler County. As the county's first major real estate developer and banker, the first politician of note and the prime mover in the development of the "Old . . . — — Map (db m220426) HM
Near North Ocean Shore Boulevard (Florida Route A1A) at Poole Drive, on the left when traveling south.
What’s That Rock on the Beach?
What is that rock growing out of the beach sand? This is Coquina (ko-key-nah), Spanish for “little shell.” Coquina rock is a mixture of shells and quartz sand. It was formed by nature hundreds . . . — — Map (db m153622) HM
On Colbert Lane south of Harbor View Drive (Road 100), on the left when traveling north.
Due to an unprecedented construction boom after World War II, Lehigh Portland Cement Company expanded its Allentown, Pennsylvania operation. To curtail the cement shortage they opened new plants across the United States, Bunnell, Florida being . . . — — Map (db m101651) HM
Near Palm Coast Parkway NW at Corporate Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The Philippine American Association of Palm Coast,
Flagler County, Florida, wholeheartedly dedicated
this Memorial Tree in honor of the Fallen Heroes of
the Philippines and United States of America
who fought as allies during World War II. . . . — — Map (db m105408) WM
On Pine Lakes Parkway south of Wellington Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Shirley Chisholm... a Trailblazer in American History
Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, when she won New York's 12th Congressional District seat, in 1968.
Shirley . . . — — Map (db m211695) HM
The loggerhead is an endangered species of sea turtle where most nests in the U.S. reside in Florida. Artist: Bob Teller. This turtle is a tribute to Nancy Lopez and Billy Casper, two distinguished golfers in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Nancy . . . — — Map (db m159261) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
