John Richardson "Johnny" Alison was born in Micanopy, Florida, on November 12, 1912. He was a highly decorated flying ace and served in both theaters of World War II. Johnny Alison graduated from Gainesville High School in 1931 and the University of . . . — — Map (db m101412) HM
Manning Julian Dauer, Jr., a native of Wilmington N.C., received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Florida and his doctorate from the University of Illinois. Dr. Dauer began teaching at the University of Florida in 1933 . . . — — Map (db m151298) HM
The eighth president of the University of Florida (1984-1989), Marshall M. Criser led the University to record levels of achievement , including public and private support, research activities and external support for research, and national . . . — — Map (db m151104) HM
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The Matheson homestead dates from 1857, when Alexander Matheson brought his family from Camden, South Carolina to establish a home on the Sweetwater Branch at the eastern edge of the new town of Gainesville. The present one and a . . . — — Map (db m97622) HM
A curriculum in the mechanic arts, as engineering was known, began at the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City in 1884 and stressed practical knowledge ("…a graduate’s value is not based on what he knows, but what he can do.") Later, a . . . — — Map (db m151488) HM
Military education, mandated by the Land-Grant Colleges Act of 1862, is rooted in UF’s earliest history. Drill and rifle instruction were part of every male student’s life. Officer training was offered as elective instruction in 1909. UF became . . . — — Map (db m150560) HM WM
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church was founded on July 16, 1867, with the Reverend Isaac Davis serving as the first pastor. The Board of Trustees of the oldest black congregation in Gainesville purchased the lot on which the present church . . . — — Map (db m55606) HM
The congregation of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church first met on May 4, 1896. The church’s original members worshipped in the St. Paul CME Church, and together the congregations bought a parcel of land in 1900 to build a new church. Its construction . . . — — Map (db m110982) HM
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery was established c. 1883 by the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church as a final resting place for its members and other African Americans in the city of Gainesville. Founded in 1867, the church purchased the 5.38-acre . . . — — Map (db m166853) HM
Born in 1878 in Hull, Iowa, Dr. Wilmon Newell was influential in Florida agriculture from his arrival in this state. His bachelor’s, master’s and Doctor of Science degrees were all from Iowa State College, and in 1937 he received a second . . . — — Map (db m151097) HM
The Old Stage Road, one of Alachua County’s original highways, passed near here. Dating from the 1820s, it connected the county’s two major towns, Newnansville (once the county seat near present day Alachua) and Micanopy to the south. The road . . . — — Map (db m67689) HM
Our Grateful Community
Honors these Fallen
Heroes
Patrick K. Prindeville Beirut, Lebanon 1983
Tomorio D. Burkett Iraqi Freedom 2003 — — Map (db m237585) WM
In 1912, the George Peabody Education Fund, a foundation that supported education in the South, granted $40,000 for the construction of a Teacher’s College building. Peabody Hall was completed the following year and the College of Education . . . — — Map (db m150875) HM
A native of Gainesville and University of Florida Alumnus [B.S.B.A., 1942], Ralph D. Turlington represented Alachua County in the Florida House of Representatives for 24 years [1950-74], serving as Speaker of the House 1967-68. Appointed . . . — — Map (db m151249) HM
Ray Graves served as the Gators’ Head Coach from 1960-69. During that time frame, he compiled a 70-31-4, then the standard for most wins (70) in school history for a head coach. Graves led Florida to winning records in nine of his 10 seasons at . . . — — Map (db m150596) HM
Born on November 2, 1887, Robert Crozier Williamson earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1923 with a thesis titled “The Ionization of Potassium Vapor by Light.” He served as chair of the Physics Department at the . . . — — Map (db m151075) HM
Born in 1923, Robert Quaries Marston was raised and educated in Virginia. At only 20 he earned a bachelor's degree from the Virginia Military Institute, followed by an M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia. A Rhodes Scholar, he distinguished . . . — — Map (db m135958) HM
Rolfs Hall was designed by Rudolph Weaver, architect for the Florida Board of Control, and was completed in 1927. Originally known as the Horticulture Building. it housed the administrative offices of the University’s agricultural programs as . . . — — Map (db m150921) HM
Roper Park is the original site of the parade grounds and barracks for the East Florida Seminary, a non-sectarian
educational institution and a forerunner of the University of Florida, which was located in Gainsville in part due to the . . . — — Map (db m55994) HM
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In 1857, David Rogerson Williams II (1822-1907) of Darlington Co., SC, purchased 1,000 acres, including this site bordering Paynes Prarie, and developed them as a plantation known as "Serenola." The 1860 census shows 120 slaves . . . — — Map (db m67687) HM
Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church is a landmark in Porters Quarters, one of Gainesville’s oldest and most historic African-American neighborhoods. Dr. Watson Porter, a Canadian physician, established Porters addition to Gainesville in 1884 and . . . — — Map (db m150690) HM
Construction on Sledd Hall began in 1928. Originally known as New Dormitory, it was completed in 1929 and renamed Sledd Hall in 1939. The architect was Rudolph Weaver and the contractor was the Sutton Brothers Company. The original construction . . . — — Map (db m151215) HM
Present-day Gainesville was the center of a large Spanish cattle ranching industry, founded on the labor of native Timuqua Indians, during the 1600s. LaChua, largest of the ranches, was a Spanish corruption of an Indian word, and in turn was . . . — — Map (db m72916) HM
Steve Spurrier was named to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1986 and as a coach in 2017. Spurrier joined Amos Alonzo Stagg, Bobby Dodd and Bowden Wyatt as the only four to be inducted as a player and coach. The 1966 Heisman . . . — — Map (db m150592) HM
Steve Spurrier was named to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1986 and as a coach in 2017. Spurrier joined Amos Alonzo Stagg, Bobby Dodd and Bowden Wyatt as the only four to be inducted as a player and coach. As Florida’s head . . . — — Map (db m150631) HM
This is one of the oldest houses in the city of Gainesville. It was constructed about 1850 by Major James B. Bailey, a prominent citizen of Alachua County. Bailey was a leading proponent of moving the county seat away from Newnansville to a new . . . — — Map (db m55424) HM
This site, known locally as the ballpark, was the center of recreational activities in Gainesville for more than 60 years. From 1883-1910 Gainesville’s Oak Hall baseball team played here against teams from Florida and the Southeast. The Oak Halls . . . — — Map (db m150706) HM
The Gainesville Serviceman's Center
The City of Gainesville purchased the Servicemen’s Center lot on December 7th 1942. The Federal Works Agency constructed a $37,000 building with a ballroom, stage, dressing rooms, second floor reading . . . — — Map (db m220712) HM
A. Quinn Jones, Sr. (1893-1997), prominent African-American teacher, educational leader, and advocate, lived here from 1925 to 1997. The home, built ca, 1920, is a one-story frame bungalow set on brick piers. Jones’ career, spanning the segregation . . . — — Map (db m233743) HM
100 yards west is an aboriginal burial mound built ca. A.D. 1000 by Alachua Tradition peoples, ancestors of the Potano Indians who lived in Alachua County in the 16th and 17th centuries. Initially several individuals were buried in a central grave, . . . — — Map (db m134742) HM
This Tower
A memorial to University of Florida
men who made the Supreme Sacrifice
to Two World Wars.
Was erected through the gifts of alumni and friends. It was dedicated in March, 1953 at ceremonies commemorating the 100th . . . — — Map (db m151502) WM
When this building opened in 1906, it was called the Main Building. It served as the administration-classroom building for the University. The president’s office was on the southwest corner of the first floor. There were twenty-four classrooms, . . . — — Map (db m151217) HM
William Ruben Thomas House begun by C.W. Chase in 1906, this building was bought and completed in 1910 by Major W.R. Thomas, the house continued as the family’s residence until 1926 when it became part of the Hotel Thomas. Its use by the citizens . . . — — Map (db m150663) HM
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Timucua Burial Mound
This earthen mound pays tribute to the ancestors of the Timucua Indians who lived and established villages near lakes and other sources of fresh water in north central Florida. Around 950 CE, following . . . — — Map (db m134740) HM
This old, concrete railway trestle is a remnant of the Florida Southern Railroad. Crews laid tracks here starting in 1882. The railroad played a major role in the founding and history of Gainesville. The Gainesville Hawthorne Trail now follows this . . . — — Map (db m126478) HM
When giant crocodilians, the ancestors of the alligator, roamed the earth, this unusually large piece of chert formed from Suwannee limestone and sea shells. University of Florida Professor of Geological Sciences James Eades discovered it in a . . . — — Map (db m151250) HM
The cornerstone for the University Auditorium was laid in 1922. Complete with a fine pipe cigar given by Dr. Andrew Anderson of St. Augustine, the building was dedicated in 1925. The architectural firm of Edwards and Sayward designed this elegant . . . — — Map (db m150686) HM
On September 19, 1997, the University of Florida celebrated the 50th anniversary of the official beginning of co-education at the University. The 47 names listed below were honored for their individual distinctions, and achievements and as . . . — — Map (db m151520) HM
The University of Florida Campus Historic District and two individual campus buildings were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and 1990 in recognition of their architectural and cultural significance and the coherence of the . . . — — Map (db m54828) HM
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Vietnam War
Henry D. Babers • Martin R. Beck • Larry Bloodworth • James Boston, Jr. • Norman K.Bristow • Willie Brown, Jr. • Vernon T. Carter, Jr. • Randolph W. Ford • Charles R. Geiger • James R. Golding • Charles . . . — — Map (db m237875) WM
Vietnam War
Gary W. Arnold • Joseph B. Baggett • Robert L. Barton • Martin R. Beck • Sargent J. Broshear • George W. Carter • Paul F. Clark • Stephen J. Cohan • Guy F. Collins • William H. Craig, Jr. • Frederick P. Crosby • Kenneth . . . — — Map (db m237952) WM
Edgar Smith Walker was born June 3, 1858, in Cooper County, Missouri. He was educated in country schools and lived on a farm until the age of 18. While attending the University of Missouri, he accepted an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at . . . — — Map (db m128915) HM
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War Between the States
John J. Aderholt • Charles L. Barrow • William F. Barry • William Bennett • Thomas Blanton • Oliver Bryant • Robert A. Caldwell • Samuel Caldwell • Samuel Calhoun • John Carroll • James H. Cassels • . . . — — Map (db m237737) WM
Chandler was a two-time first-team All-American at Florida as a wide receiver despite playing in a run-oriented wishbone offense. He caught 92 passes in his career for 1,963 yards and a school- record 28 touchdowns in four seasons. Chandler . . . — — Map (db m150634) HM
Wilber Marshall is regarded as one of the best defensive players in Gator history. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1982 and 1983 and also earned honorable mention All-American honors in 1981. ABC Television selected him as the . . . — — Map (db m150656) HM
From a Grateful Community
A special tribute to honor
All Women who served
in the Armed Forces
to preserve America’s Freedom
November 11, 2002 — — Map (db m237490) WM
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World War I
Laura A. Baird • Sydney M. Bates •Letha A. Baxley • Charles Butler • Elmer Campbell • Alfred Conner • Joe Dixon • John L. Dryer • Robert Eaton • Fred Flinn • John Johnson • Oliver Johnson • Joseph C. . . . — — Map (db m237849) WM
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World War II
Harmon P. Alderman • Jack C. Bachlotte • James P. Banks • James Beck • Ernest W. Bell • William I. Benafield • Plemon Bennefield • Robert T. Benton • T. Harper Beville • James L. Billington • Dalton L. . . . — — Map (db m237852) WM
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Edward W. Clement, Jr. • Robert S. Cockerell, Jr. • Thureman L. Coffey • Alvin D. Coleman, Jr. • Elisha E. Coleman • Harold F. Coleman • Robert H. Colgan • Orval B. Collins • Paul A. Comer • Robert G. Compton • Harrie G.Cone • . . . — — Map (db m238372) WM
This garden was dedicated by the citizens of Gainesville on October 29, 1980 To the Americans Held Hostage by Iran November 4, 1979 — — Map (db m220714) HM
Gainesville is part of the traditional homelands of the Potano people, a Timucua-speaking society. The Timucua people lived here since time immemorial. Indigenous peoples from other nations long inhabited the area around what is now called . . . — — Map (db m220713) HM
A proud Gainesville native, Tom Petty left an indelible mark on music with a sound influenced by the city and its community of exceptional musicians. In 1975, he formed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who would go on to release 13 studio . . . — — Map (db m262204) HM
Established in 1894, St. Augustine, the Mission Church, was the first Episcopal Church and school in Gainesville for persons of color during the Jim Crow era. The Diocese of Florida, under the leadership of Bishop Weed and Rector Rev. A.T. Sharpe . . . — — Map (db m266554) HM
Soldiers built this wood-frame building in 1940-1941 as a Post Exchange for Camp Blanding in Starke. It was later the Perry Theater, Cotton Club, and Blue Note Club. William and Eunice Perryman, who owned a grocery store on East Depot Avenue . . . — — Map (db m262883) HM
The Wilmot Memorial Garden was dedicated on January 18, 1954, to honor Royal James Wilmot, a UF horticulturist and renowned camellia expert. During his time at UF. Wilmot developed one of the world's largest research collections of camellias, which . . . — — Map (db m266329) HM
In 1853, planters Daniel Scott and Daniel Finley of Fairfield, South Carolina, bought 2,664 acres of land here for $6,743, and in 1854 Scott was taxed on 1,400 acres and 30 enslaved people. In 1855, Scott and Finley purchased 54 people for . . . — — Map (db m110525) HM
In 1774, noted botanist William Bartram travelled across what is now the southeastern corner of Alachua County following an old Indian and trading trail. In Florida's territorial period, English-speaking settlers used the same route as a frontier . . . — — Map (db m41100) HM
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The Moore Hotel is the first hotel and oldest existing business in Hawthorne. In 1882, William Shepard (W.S.) and Virginia McCraw Moore moved to Hawthorne from Braden, Tennessee, and bought a railroad house on Johnson Street to use . . . — — Map (db m150563) HM
This plaque is placed here with gratitude for, and in recognition of the men and women of the Alachua, Putnam, and Marion County Areas who served this country honorably. US Army • US Air Force • US Navy • US Coast Guard • US Marines — — Map (db m219667) WM
The construction of this road was authorized by the 18th Congress and approved February 28, 1824. The section from Tallahassee to St. Augustine was built by John Bellamy and followed the Old Spanish Road. — — Map (db m93361) HM
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In Honor of
those who served
in time of war
A mighty mother turns in tears
the pages of her battle years
lamenting all her Fallen sons
Erected by
Gordon Rimes Post 97
The American Legion
October 11, 1980 . . . — — Map (db m81993) WM
Residents of High Springs saw the need for a public school for African Americans in 1886. By 1902, black students moved into the Red Schoolhouse, a two-story wood frame building previously constructed as a school for whites. White students moved . . . — — Map (db m151376) HM
It’s August 15, 1539…
Hernando de Soto and his scouts arrive at the Indian village of Cholupaha. It lies along the present-day Santa Fe River, which runs through here –
My Men captured several Indians and questioned them . . . — — Map (db m126582) HM
The northwest region of Alachua County was probably first settled on a permanent basis by English
speaking people during the late 1830's. One of the earliest settlements in the vicinity was at Crockett
Springs, located about three miles east . . . — — Map (db m220547) HM
This old passenger depot, built c. 1910, is all that remains of the vast railroad complex located southwest of downtown that made High Springs a bustling railroad center for nearly 50 years. In 1895 the Plant Railroad System chose the town as the . . . — — Map (db m54911) HM
Settlement in the LaCrosse area started in the 1840s with the arrival of John Cellon, a young French immigrant. Other early settlers were Thomas Green, Abraham Mott, Richard H. Parker and family, William Scott and Thomas Standley. The town was built . . . — — Map (db m93838) HM
The LaCrosse area was settled before the Civil War. Cotton was the chief crop. John Eli Futch was a cotton buyer who built a warehouse for cotton, a store to serve the growers, and his home near the store. This store became the first post office and . . . — — Map (db m220546) HM
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The region south of Santa Fe Lake was not settled until after the Seminole War in 1842, although it was on the Spanish mission trail from St. Augustine from about 1600 to 1763 and, during the English (1763-1784) and second Spanish . . . — — Map (db m99668) HM
In memory of Confederate and Union
soldiers who fought in the Civil War
and who are buried in the Eliam
Cemetery in Melrose.
Apr. 12, 1861 – Apr. 9, 1865
We will never forget
Alderman, Hiram • Baldwin, Leonard • Cahoon, James • . . . — — Map (db m151557) WM
The Melrose United Methodist Church was organized in 1868 as the Melrose Methodist Episcopal Church, South. This church building, the first located within the original 1877 plat of Melrose, was constructed out of heart pine by the congregation in . . . — — Map (db m120212) HM
In memory of those who entered the
Armed Forces from the Melrose area and
served our country during World War I
Jul. 28, 1914 – Nov. 11, 1918
We will never forget
Acosta, Joseph H. • Birt, Harry W. • Chestnut, Bazzle • Daniel, . . . — — Map (db m151556) WM
The Battle of Micanopy
The Battle of Micanopy took place on the morning of June 9, 1836. Seventy-five troops under the command of Major J.F. Heileman engaged a larger Seminole force headed by Osceola, numbering about 250 warriors. Two . . . — — Map (db m150458) HM
Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886) graduated from West Point in 1838, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Dragoons and served in the Seminole War.
In 1856, he patented the “Sibley Tent”, which could accommodate 20 soldiers and . . . — — Map (db m175534) HM
This oddity was built around 1940. It was intended for use as a farm tractor, but never got that far. It did, however, run and was driven around the yard occasionally. Later it was partially dismantled to the condition it is today.
It has a . . . — — Map (db m175542) HM
Founded after Spain relinquished Florida to the United States in 1821, Micanopy became the first distinct American
town founded in the new US territory. Originally an Indian trading post, Micanopy was built under the auspices of the
Florida . . . — — Map (db m54271) HM
The Micanopy Historic Cemetery was founded by Dr. H. Lucious Montgomery Sr., a physician in the Township of Micanopy during the 1800’s. Dr. Montgomery and his wife, Lucinda Jane Montgomery, the owners of the cemetery land, deeded lot No. 30 to . . . — — Map (db m175397) HM
1884 “Gainesville, Rocky Point & Micanopy Railway” chartered
1895 RR company sold to L.L. Hill, renamed “The Gainesville and Gulf Railway Company”; construction began in July. Later in 1895 the RR from Gainesville to Micanopy opened (12 . . . — — Map (db m175527) HM
Time Will Not Dim The Glory Of Their Deeds
Dedicated to all Veterans of the United States of America who, although separated by generations, shared a common undeniable goal – to valiantly protect our Country’s freedoms.
The . . . — — Map (db m175401) WM
A Timucua Indian village of the Potano tribe was located near here when the early Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto led his expedition through the area in 1539. Botanist William Bartram visited Cuscawilla village nearby in 1774. The first permanent . . . — — Map (db m149338) HM
Moses Elias Levy (1782-1854), a Moroccan born Jewish merchant, came to Florida after its cession from Spain to the United States in 1821. Before his arrival, Levy acquired over 50,000 acres in East Florida. In 1822, Levy began development on . . . — — Map (db m93854) HM
War on the Frontier
The opening of the Second Seminole War began during the first week of December 1835. Seminole, along with their Black allies, attacked and burned hundreds of farms and homesteads in the Payne's Prairie region, the . . . — — Map (db m150459) HM
Seminoles in Florida
Between 1716 and 1763, under pressure from the colonial powers of Britain and Spain, two groups of Creek Indians from more northerly regions of Spanish La Florida (see map) arrived in the area of present-day Micanopy . . . — — Map (db m150457) HM
Built 1853 by Dr. James A. Cooper as first apothecary shop. Later became the stagecoach stop and first post office. Old stage route entered Micanopy from west on present Seminary Street. First telephone office was also here.
Placed by . . . — — Map (db m175405) HM
This anchor was used on the Steamboat Chacala which carried passengers and freight over Paynes Prairie during the 1800’s. James Croxton of Micanopy was the builder and Captain.
Loaned by the Florida State Museum — — Map (db m175412) HM
This was hand hewn from a Cypress log. It was originally 28” deep. Syrup made from sugar cane juice was stored in this covered trough for family use. — — Map (db m175537) HM
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