On Circle Drive at West Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Circle Drive.
Florida teachers and administrators numbering 700 met here in Chautauqua Hall for a "teachers institute" called the Florida Chautauqua. The meeting was called to order by J.A. Graham, City Superintendent of Schools, Key West, at 12:30 p.m., on . . . — — Map (db m83080) HM
On McKinnon Bridge Rd at Red Hill Road, on the left when traveling south on McKinnon Bridge Rd.
Eucheeanna, the first Scottish settlement in territorial Florida, was named in honor of the Euchee Indians. Tradition holds that the first slave child was born in the settlement. Eucheeanna consisted of a school, court house, jail, Masonic and Odd . . . — — Map (db m73291) HM
On Oak Grove Road at Alford Road, on the right when traveling east on Oak Grove Road.
Near this location, Marion Alford established in 1864 a water-powered grist mill that became the focal point of a small farming community that developed in this area of north Walton County. Archaeological remains of the mill dam and foundations . . . — — Map (db m54797) HM
On Cosson Road 1 mile west of Coy Burgess Loop, on the right when traveling west.
In 1936, James Marvin Cosson Sr. moved his family to this location about one-half mile east of the Eglin Army Airfield to have more land to farm and to provide for his wife, Annie Bell Cosson, and their four children. During World War II, Eglin . . . — — Map (db m73290) HM
On County Highway 183 (County Road 183) at County Road 280, on the right when traveling west on County Highway 183.
This is the site of one of Florida’s oldest organized Presbyterian Church which was the largest Presbyterian Church in Florida until 1885. On May 27, 1827, the Reverend Murdoch Murphy of the Alabama Synod presided with one Elder, Donald McLean, Sr., . . . — — Map (db m54796) HM
On Circle Drive at West Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Circle Drive.
The original Chautauqua Institution was founded in 1874 on Lake Chautauqua in western New York state as a vacation school for Sunday school teachers. The idea of providing a retreat for improving religious and secular education for the general . . . — — Map (db m39773) HM
On Knox Hill Road at Pulsey Hill Road, on the right when traveling north on Knox Hill Road.
The Knox Hill Academy, a boarding school, was founded in 1848 by the Rev. John Newton (April 22, 1814 – Nov. 21, 1871), who was also the head master and a Presbyterian minister. It was first located near a spring northeast of the Morrison . . . — — Map (db m54795) HM
On Circle Drive at Live Oak Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Circle Drive.
The Walton-DeFuniak Library opened during the first decade of the existence of the town of DeFuniak Springs. This community originated in the early 1880's as a station on the new Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad. The town was named for Frederick de . . . — — Map (db m60246) HM
On Nelson Avenue (U.S. 90) east of 6th Street, on the left when traveling east.
To the memory of the Confederate Dead of Walton Co. Florida. Erected by the Ladies of the Walton County Female Memorial Association. Southwest face Angus D. McLean, Col., 6th Fla. Vols. Murdoch M. Gillis, Capt. 6th Fla. Vols. Daniel D. . . . — — Map (db m39775) HM
Near North G Street at West Belmont Street, on the left when traveling north.
For much of his life, William Miller owned a sawmill east of Pensacola; however, he is best remembered as the senior Confederate general who defended Tallahassee from Federal occupation at the battle of Natural Bridge. Born in New York, he was . . . — — Map (db m298494) HM
On Bayshore Drive at Armstrong Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Bayshore Drive.
Niceville was the center of the commercial fishing industry of the Choctawhatchee Bay region, the basis of the community’s prosperity. Mail service here was established in 1868. The schooner Bera Attious was built at the shipyard here in 1888. . . . — — Map (db m212245) HM
Governor of Georgia (1877-1882), U.S. Congressman (1853-1855), U.S. Senator (1883-1894), Major U.S. Army in the Mexican War, Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army, Alfred Holt Colquitt is buried here. Born in Walton County, Georgia, April 20, . . . — — Map (db m25393) HM
Near Main Street at West Pine Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Okaloosa is one of the newer counties of northwest Florida. It was created by the State Legislature in 1915 from land taken from Santa Rosa and Walton Counties. The influence of State Senator W.H. Mapoles of Crestview was an important factor in the . . . — — Map (db m72554) HM
Near Main Street south of James Lee Boulevard (U.S. 90), on the left when traveling south.
Okaloosa County, created by the Florida State Legislature in 1915, was formed from parts of Santa Rosa and Walton Counties. The influence of W.H. Mapoles, Sr., then a legislative representative from Walton County, was an important factor in the . . . — — Map (db m72555) HM
On North Museum Point 0.1 miles south of West State Park Street, on the right when traveling north.
Carved Stone Slab (Stela 1)
Since its discovery in 1964 by archaeologist Ripley Bullen, Stela 1 has remained a mystery. In the ground near the stone researchers found a small cache of stone tools, animal bones, and charcoal, possibly . . . — — Map (db m268165) HM
On Main Street at East Cedar Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Chartered January 23, 1886
Crestview, Walton County, Florida
Crestview Chapter 40 Royal Arch
Masons erected building on this
site in 1919 — — Map (db m99238) HM
On South Bronough Street 0.1 miles south of West Pensacola Avenue, on the right.
Walton County
Walton helped win WWII
on the home front and abroad.
The New Home and Alice Creek communities were acquired to
create part of Eglin Air Force Base.
Bombing ranges and pilot training facilities were . . . — — Map (db m210639) HM WM
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.
