European Theatre
The D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 put over 180,000 troops ashore in Normandy, creating a beachhead that would eventually result in over 3 million Allied soldiers on Germany’s Western Front. Combined with the Eastern Front . . . — — Map (db m154864) WM
Pacific Theatre
After three years of fighting over a vast area of the southwest Pacific, the war against Japan culminated in the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese unconditional surrender formally took place aboard the . . . — — Map (db m154872) WM
Dr. Josie Rogers
(b. 1886 - d. 1975)
(captions)
Daytona’s First Female Physician and First Female Mayor (1922)
The House of Dr. Josie Rogers
Dr. Rogers and Sister Mabel Rogers
Dr. Rogers (2nd from left) and Family . . . — — Map (db m217652) HM
The roadside tourist attraction industry started in the 1930's after the Great Depression. During this time, automobiles replaced trains as the main mode of transportation. After World War II, millions of visitors began making Florida their annual . . . — — Map (db m188500) HM
Two examples of sugar cane crushing machinery from the mid-1800s are shown below. Dunlawton Plantation used machinery similar to what you see displayed here but the mill was steam powered. Spring Garden Plantation (here) was the only water powered . . . — — Map (db m189225) HM
This artifact is all that remains of the original sugar mill wheel. The sugar mill was constructed in the 1830s and operated until 1864, when the property was Spring Garden Plantation. The wheel powered the machinery that pressed sugar cane for its . . . — — Map (db m189215) HM
To attract tourists in the 1880s, local business owners changed the name of this property from Spring Garden to Ponce De Leon Springs. The area was advertised in northern states as a winter resort with its own Fountain of Youth, pouring out . . . — — Map (db m195498) HM
In the early 1920s, F. N. Conrad purchased the spring and some of the surrounding property. His plan was to "preserve and enhance the natural beauty of this historical place." With a design from a landscape architect, Conrad constructed the Ponce . . . — — Map (db m195497) HM
In front of you is the sugar train, which was used to boil cane juice to produce sugar. Enslaved Africans constructed the bottom 5-6 rows of bricks in the 1850s. This is all that remains of their work here when the area was Spring Garden Plantation . . . — — Map (db m189217) HM
As exemplary of DeBary, youth patriotism and good citizenship, the Gray family is proud to honor the name of Charles Richard Beall. In 1966, at 19 years of age, he enlisted in the Army and on March 6, 1968 he was killed in action in Vietnam, the . . . — — Map (db m175910) WM
Welcome to DeBary Hall Historic Site - once the winter retreat of a wealthy New York wine merchant. European-born Frederick deBary (who used a small d while others capitalized) built this house in the 1870s, acquired thousands of acres, . . . — — Map (db m175936) HM
DeBary HallBuilt in 1871 by Baron Frederick de Bary. Born 1815 in Germany of Belgian descent, de Bary came to New York in 1840 as agent for Mumm's Champagne. His estate of many hundred acres here in Florida was a hunting and fishing preserve . . . — — Map (db m46164) HM
This trailhead pavilion has roots. One of the deBary retreat’s oldest structures was a long shed next to the stable. For years, its bays sheltered wagons and farm equipment – until the owners, the hunting estate, and the shed itself faded away. . . . — — Map (db m176101) HM
The F-15 on display is actually an F-15A, serial number 76-0076, but painted and marked to depict F-15C, serial number 85-125, assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron/33rd Fighter Wing in King Abdulaziz Air Base, Saudi Arabia during 1996. — — Map (db m175904) HM
One of deBarys’ early outbuildings was this frame ice house. From the retreat’s start in the 1870s, it would have been helpful to visitors and cooks.
At first, the estate’s ice came from northern rivers, and lakes, and ice farms. Packed in . . . — — Map (db m176076) HM
The industry that brought ice to DeBary Hall was an amazing venture. Wealthy Americans had long taken ice from their own ponds and streams, but in the early 1800s entrepreneur Frederic Tudor began exporting it commercially to southern U.S. . . . — — Map (db m176096) HM
This stable dates from the earliest years of the deBarys’ winter place. It appears in an 1882 survey but must be older than that. From the 1870s, the estate relied on horses and mules for trips to local towns, hunting, leisure riding and managing . . . — — Map (db m176099) HM
This plain house ounce stood on a road just east of its present site. Donated and moved, it recalls the deBarys’ largely forgotten workers. The building appears in an 1882 estate survey, though local traditions say these “quarters” predated the . . . — — Map (db m176029) HM
The tenant house is a mystery. It could be older than DeBary Hall and might have belonged to settlers who sold Frederick deBary the core acreage for his retreat. Those owners lived on their land, but exactly where is not clear.
By 1882, . . . — — Map (db m176041) HM
Who kept the deBary estate running? Resident managers (including William Padgett in the twentieth century) cared for the retreat year-round, supervising contractors, employees, and day laborers. They did many jobs: carpentry, painting, roofing, . . . — — Map (db m176075) HM
Bartram Gardens & Trail at the Stetson Aquatic Center The grounds of the Stetson Aquatic Center commemorate the work of William Bartram (1739-1823), America's first native born naturalist. The site is part of the Bartram Trail that . . . — — Map (db m184636) HM
Sites Bartram Visited in Volusia County These sites are locations visited by John and William Bartram along the St. Johns River and included in William's book, Travels. A site listed below with a blue heading is accessible by . . . — — Map (db m184721) HM
Bartram Noticed Migration William Bartram was among the first naturalists to describe, name, or illustrate Florida birds, and one of the first to explain how migration works. He saw birds in Florida during the winter that he knew to . . . — — Map (db m184679) HM
Fly Fishing for "Trout" The St. Johns River has long been associated with fishing. Bartram was probably the first to describe fly-fishing with a treble hook, deer fur, and feathers that he called "a bob." As he travelled up the St. . . . — — Map (db m184692) HM
A Connection with Wild Nature William Bartram's Quaker upbringing held a view of nature as a reflection of God. Scientists continue to examine his accounts for their accurate descriptions of the Florida environment before the impact . . . — — Map (db m184693) HM
This bell was part of a set of 11 chimes originally designed for a Methodist Church in Pennsylvania. Lincoln Hulley, Stetson University's second president, acquired the bells in 1915 and they were mounted in the cupola of Elizabeth Hall. When the . . . — — Map (db m46817) HM
This site has a long history with the "written word." On April 7, 1883, the first issue of the Orange Ridge Echo was printed here in a wood-frame building. This paper later became the Chronicle, which eventually became the Volusia . . . — — Map (db m46137) HM
In 1883 two young boys, Samuel Jordan and Wylie Swift, built a circular skating rink in a tent on this corner. It was a popular entertainment site when DeLand was little more than a pioneer village. Around 1885 this brick building was erected to . . . — — Map (db m46204) HM
The oldest building in Florida in continuous use for higher education and the first building on the Stetson University campus. Originally housed the library, chapel, classrooms, gymnasium and offices. Later used as women's residence, kindergarten, . . . — — Map (db m45502) HM
On this site in 1882 George A. Dreka built his 2-story department store that later was expanded to four floors to also hold the Carrolton Hotel. In the 1886 fire that consumed much of the town, blankets were hung from the balconies and kept wet by a . . . — — Map (db m46128) HM
Imagine the front of this now-modern building with parapets, decorative geometric tiles, and elaborate curvilinear windows on the facade. At the center was an ornate kiosk ticket office, naming it for the popular department store adjacent to it, . . . — — Map (db m50089) HM
Although there has been a structure on this site since at least 1885, this building was erected about 1897. From the late 19th to the middle 20th century, most of DeLand's grocery stores were located along Woodland Blvd. Bushnell, Cantrell, Conrad, . . . — — Map (db m45708) HM
Capt. James B. Jordan came to DeLand in 1876. While serving in a North Carolina regiment during the civil war, Capt. Jordan was wounded and taken prisoner in July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. Following the war, he came to Florida and opened . . . — — Map (db m46028) HM
Around 1907 V. Ward Gould and Arthur Voyle opened DeLand's first silent movie business here. With straight backed chairs for the audience and sheeting for a screen, they rigged up a projection booth and hired a pianist to furnish the music. The film . . . — — Map (db m45540) HM
When Hettie Austin came to this community from Indiana in 1876, she immediately began roaming about in her "sad little mule-drawn cart" soliciting contributions for a Methodist Church. Henry DeLand convinced her that the greater need was for a . . . — — Map (db m49946) HM
The First United Methodist Church was established August 1, 1880. It was the first church organized in the new settlement of DeLand. Three years later, this building was completed for worship services. It was a simple frame structure with a bell in . . . — — Map (db m45667) HM
In 1888, Henry A. DeLand donated land for the construction of a wooden courthouse after the city of DeLand became the new seat for Volusia County. Starting in 1927, construction began on a new courthouse designed in the Neoclassical style. Competed . . . — — Map (db m136023) HM
In 1888, Henry A. DeLand donated land for the construction of a wooden courthouse after the city of DeLand became the new seat for Volusia County. Starting in 1927, construction began on a new courthouse designed in the Neoclassical style. Competed . . . — — Map (db m136024) HM
In 1905 the Landis & Fish Law Firm erected a brick one-story Romanesque-style building on this site. As the firm grew, it was enlarged in 1925 to the two-story Federal structure you see today. Begun by Cary D. Landis and Bert Fish, the firm was . . . — — Map (db m46032) HM
In this block, early settler Charles A Miller owned a hay & grain store, livery stable, and buggy & carriage shop. All fell to the flames of the 1886 fire. Miller was among the first to rebuild, erecting the two-story brick building you see today. . . . — — Map (db m46050) HM
Bartram writes the following just prior to being hit by the "hurricane" on Lake Beresford: "SOON after ascending this branch of the river, on the right hand presents to view, a delightful little bluff, consisting chiefly of shells, and covered . . . — — Map (db m184754) HM
"The Laurel Magnolia, which grows on this river are the most beautiful and tall… The flowers are… in the center of a coronet of dark green, shining, ovate pointed entire leaves: they are large, perfectly white, and expanded like a full blown Rose… . . . — — Map (db m184760) HM
This building was the St. John's Masonic Lodge #7. The cornerstone, containing the membership rolls of the Masonic bodies in DeLand, was laid Sept. 14, 1925. Designed by local architects, Carpenter & Bent, the lower floor originally accommodated a . . . — — Map (db m45669) HM
This historically significant landmark opened in 1922 as a silent film/vaudeville theatre. Once the entertainment centerpiece of the county, the Athens operated continuously for nearly seventy years, changing its programming over time as technology . . . — — Map (db m46141) HM
According to early sources, the first post office in DeLand was in the rear of the Jordan & Lancaster store on West Indiana Avenue somewhere "between Woodland Boulevard and Florida Avenue." Dr. G. W. Lancaster, DeLand's first druggist, was also the . . . — — Map (db m45603) HM
The three buildings called "The Haven Block" extend from 112 to 116 N. Woodland Blvd. These three Romanesque-style buildings have been home to countless businesses for over a century. In their early history was Haven's Hall on the second . . . — — Map (db m45638) HM
This corner was the site of DeLand's first newspaper, The Volusia County Herald, first published on May 10, 1877 by Henry DeLand. It was succeeded in 1878 by The Agriculturalist, edited by Col. C. C. Codrington, Gov. General of the . . . — — Map (db m45727) HM
The Woman's Club of DeLand was organized in March 1906, and was incorporated on July 26 of that year with ninety-two charter members. Nearly from its inception club members wanted to have their own clubhouse. The organization purchased a lot on West . . . — — Map (db m45507) HM
This landmark was built on property donated by the city's founder - Henry DeLand. It replaced the first Volusia County Courthouse, which was completed in 1894 and occupied until it was torn down in the 1920's to make way for its successor. In 1995, . . . — — Map (db m46191) HM
William Bartram's legacy to western literature, art, science, and American exploration is expansive and undeniable. His published work inspired English writers such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Percy Shelly, and Alfred Tennyson, and . . . — — Map (db m184749) HM
"The Great Fire" occurred late at night on Sept. 27, 1886. It is thought to have started from a smouldering cigar igniting the sawdust on the floor of the Wilcox Saloon in this block. The buildings, constructed of pine, were instantly engulfed. The . . . — — Map (db m50003) HM
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African American families living in DeLeon Springs in the 1920s needed a better school. The Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church was no longer adequate and classes moved to St. Joseph Lodge, but it also was too small. In . . . — — Map (db m101681) HM
The Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter is an attack helicopter capable of land or sea-based operations. The primary missions are close air support, air to air combat, convoy escort, armed and visual reconnaissance during both day/night operations. It was . . . — — Map (db m180358) HM WM
Dedicated to the Memory of
David G. Ledgerwood
First Resident of Deltona killed in Action in Vietnam,
April 29, 1968.
Sergeant Ledgerwood was Buried with Full Military Honors
At Arlington National . . . — — Map (db m179914) HM WM
These flags are dedicated to the memory of all veterans who have served this great nation in war and peace especially those who gave their lives — — Map (db m179913) WM
The Rock Island Arsenal Company began development of the M101 A1 105mm Howitzer in 1919. The production of the howitzer was discontinued in 1953. By then more than 10,202 howitzers had been produced. The use of the howitzer did not end until the . . . — — Map (db m180353) HM WM
Korea 1950-1953
36,913 K.I.A.
They Gave Of Themselves
And Asked Nothing In Return,
These Magnificent Warriors.
K.W.V.A. Chapter 153 — — Map (db m180300) WM
In Honor of All Who Served
Polish Legion
Of
American Veterans
Casimir Pulaski Post #204
Decommissioned 12-31-2010
In loving memory of my family who served our Nation.
Margaret E. Snowden
Arthur . . . — — Map (db m189076) WM
In Memory of the
58,152
Soldiers, Sailors
Airmen and Marines
Who Gave Their
Lives In The
Vietnam War
All Gave Some – Some Gave All — — Map (db m231546) WM
Dedicated to the Veterans.
Past and Present
who have sacrificed
themselves for our Freedom
Some Gave All
All Gave Some
God Bless and Preserve
Our Freedom
(reverse)
Duty, Honor, Country
United States Army . . . — — Map (db m165708) WM
Veterans Memorial
★ ★ ★
Dedicated to
those who served
in the armed forces
in the wars of our nation
and
in perpetual memory of
those who made
the supreme sacrifice in
“Freedom’s Cause.” . . . — — Map (db m221265) WM
United States
In tribute to the men and women who served in the
Armed Forces and those who died for America
from 1776 to the present
Edgewater Veterans Memorial Park
dedicated November 11, 1988
For The Fallen
— — . . . — — Map (db m221271) WM
The Florida United Methodist Children’s Home was established here in 1908 as the Florida Methodist Orphanage. Children come from situations of abuse, neglect, broken and dysfunctional families, abandonment and other troubling circumstances. This . . . — — Map (db m93338) HM
On March 16. 1864 Acting Ensign Sanborn, commanding the USS Columbine of the Union fleet, which was patrolling the St. Johns River into Lake Monroe, landed at Enterprise and sent Mr. Davis and a squad of men from the 48th New York infantry to . . . — — Map (db m127266) HM
Merci Box Car — Arrived in America in 1949 — A token of appreciation from the people of France to the people of America — Built between 1872 and 1885 — They were called 40 and 8's, carried either 40 men or 8 horses . . . — — Map (db m34796) HM
A public park and picnic area dedicated to
William Wallace Ross
by resolution of City Council
of Holly Hill, Florida, 1957-1958
William Ross pioneered here in the late 1860’s.
On this point he built a log cabin home . . . — — Map (db m143212) HM
Legendary NASCAR mechanic, crew chief & owner, Henry “Smokey” Yunick’s (May 25, 1923 - May 9, 2001) famous garage stood just south of this spot from 1947 - 2001. He was a self taught mechanical genius who excelled in all forms of auto racing . . . — — Map (db m229022) HM
Hopkins Hall
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1897 — — Map (db m188605) HM
During Florida's British Colonial period, 1763-1783, Doctor Andrew Turnbull established the largest North American colony at this site. Approximately 1300 Minorcans, Greeks, and Italians comprised the colony named after Smyrna, Asia Minor, the . . . — — Map (db m72962) HM
“Now it is time to take longer strides – time for a great new American enterprise – time for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on . . . — — Map (db m159699) HM
Some students of the Cruger-dePester ruins believe this iron beam came from the plantation's sawmill. Meant to transfer force from a steam engine to a cutting blade, it probably was cast in New York along with the sugar factory’s other heavy . . . — — Map (db m148828) HM
To commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the shelling and burning of the Sheldon House on this site July 26th during the War Between the States by Union gunboats Oleander and Bouregard — — Map (db m75067) HM
Welcome to Volusia County's Mary McLeod Bethune Beach Park—once part of a nationally known African-American resort. Named for a noted educator and presidential advisor, this spot gave black people a place of their own when most Florida beaches . . . — — Map (db m131762) HM
Over the years, this one-time sugar factory became a source of local building materials and myths. Salvagers carried off coquina blocks, and the massive machinery went to the Dunlawton mill, in present-day Port Orange.
Even so, enough . . . — — Map (db m148891) HM
Coronado Beach was settled by Foster G. Austin in 1885. Austin built a series of beachside cottages approximately one mile south of Flagler Avenue. In its early days, Coronado Beach, named after Austin’s native community in California, served . . . — — Map (db m93313) HM
Built on the homeland of Robert S. Nelson prior to 1895, the house that once stood here survived at least six periods of occupation and numerous owners over its 100-year life span. Called the Eldora House – but also known as the “Home Place” in . . . — — Map (db m234784) HM
The community of Eldora typified development in Florida in the late 19th century, characterized by small settlements along waterways. Though little remains today of its original buildings, Eldora was once large enough to warrant a post office . . . — — Map (db m159554) HM
The community of Eldora typified development in Florida in the late 19th century, characterized by small settlements along waterways. Though little remains today of its original buildings, Eldora was once large enough to warrant a post office . . . — — Map (db m159556) HM
Emory L. Bennett Park
Dedicated November 10, 1994
This park is dedicated in the memory of Emory L. Bennett, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallant one-man defense against two enemy battalions attempting to overrun his . . . — — Map (db m148940) HM WM
Though small cane mills—like those beyond the walk—were not actually part of the Cruger-dePeyster plantation, they help us see differences between ordinary agriculture and large- scale sugar making. Settlers used these animal-powered . . . — — Map (db m148905) HM
The mill ruins here are made of coquina—Spanish for “tiny shell.” Quarried locally (and elsewhere in Southeast), it contains mollusk shell fragments and quartz sand, bound together by calcium carbonate. Centuries after the . . . — — Map (db m148799) HM
This museum occupies the site of the first school in New Smyrna and Volusia County. It was built in 1872 at a cost of $42 and was a school for children of all ages. — — Map (db m148770) HM
The old St. Rita's Catholic Church Mission Building is one of the oldest surviving church buildings in the city. It was built in 1899 as the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of New Smyrna Beach, moved to this site in 1956 to serve the colored Catholics . . . — — Map (db m56343) HM
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