On NE 6th Ave at NE 4th St, on the left when traveling east on NE 6th Ave.
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 familys residence until 1926 when it became part of the Hotel Thomas. Its use by the citizens . . . — — Map (db m150663) HM
On Village Drive south of Southwest 2nd Avenue (State Road 26A), on the right when traveling north.
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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
Near Southeast 15th Street (Camp Ranch Road) 0.4 miles south of Southeast 41st Avenue when traveling south.
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
On Newell Drive south of Union Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
On Union Drive east of Newell Drive, on the right when traveling east.
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 Newell Drive near Union Road, on the right when traveling east.
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
On W University Avenue (State Road 26) near NW 15th Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Union Road 0.1 miles east of Newell Drive, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Gale Lemerand Drive at Stadium Road, on the right when traveling north on Gale Lemerand Drive.
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
On Gale Lemerand Drive at Stadium Road, on the right when traveling north on Gale Lemerand Drive.
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
On Southeast Hawthorne Road (State Road 20) 0.1 miles east of Southeast 152nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
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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 . . . — — Map (db m110525) HM
On 221st Street near 65th Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
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
On Southeast 221st Street (Old U.S. 301) north of 67th Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
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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
On County Road 236 NW 0.3 miles west of Interstate 75, on the right when traveling west.
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
Near State Route 20 (U.S. 27) near Northwest 1st Street, on the right when traveling west.
(front)
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
On Southeast Douglass Street at Northwest 180th Place, on the left when traveling north on Southeast Douglass Street.
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
Near SE Oleno Park Road 2 miles east of US Highway 41 (U.S. 441) when traveling east.
Its 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
On NW 1st Avenue State Route 20 (U.S. 27), on the right when traveling west.
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 m64251) 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
On State Road 121 at State Road 235, on the right when traveling north on State Road 121.
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
On State Road 121 at State Road 235, on the right when traveling north on State Road 121.
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 m93840) HM
On State Road 26 at Grove Street, on the right when traveling east on State Road 26.
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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
On Florida Route 26 at Grove Street, on the right when traveling east on State Route 26.
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
On Pearl Street at Hampton Street, on the right when traveling east on Pearl Street.
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
On Florida Route 26 at Grove Street, on the right when traveling east on State Route 26.
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
On Southeast Tuscawilla Road 0.3 miles west of U.S. 441, on the right when traveling west.
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
On NE 1st Street (County Road 25A) near N.E. Peach Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
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
On Northeast 1st Street (County Route 25A) at Northeast Peach Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Northeast 1st Street. Reported permanently removed.
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
On NE Cholokka Boulevard at Northeast Magnolia Avenue, in the median on NE Cholokka Boulevard.
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
On Southeast Tuscawilla Road 0.3 miles west of U.S. 441, on the right when traveling west.
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
On Southeast Tuscawilla Road 0.3 miles west of U.S. 441, on the right when traveling west.
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
On NE Cholokka Blvd (County Road 234), on the left.
The great Quaker naturalist of Philadelphia made a long journey through the southeastern states in the 1770's collecting botanical specimens. In May, 1774, he visited the Seminole Chief, Cowkeeper, at the Indian village of Cuscowilla located near . . . — — Map (db m146839) HM
On County Road NW 241 at NW 278 Avenue, on the right when traveling south on County Road NW 241.
Bland Community and Ogden School
Settled in the 1840s by cotton planters from Georgia and South Carolina, Bland became a diverse agrarian area where farmers and sharecroppers raised cattle and grew cotton and a variety of fruits and . . . — — Map (db m64715) HM
On County Road 241 S near NW 294 Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town of Santa Fe. At one time, Santa Fe de Toloca was said to be . . . — — Map (db m64880) HM
On NE Waldo Road (State Road 24) near NE 65th Terrace, on the right when traveling west.
The naval stores industry was important to maritime power worldwide. Pine tar and pitch were used to seal wooden ships and protect sails and rigging. When settlers came to America - in Florida (1565), in Virginia (1607) and in Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m42012) HM
On County Road 234, on the right when traveling north.
Madison Starke Perry, born in Lancaster County, S.C., moved to Alachua County, Florida and became a prosperous planter. His plantation was located about six miles east of Gainesville in the area of present-day Rochelle. Perry was elected to the . . . — — Map (db m55537) HM
On West Newberry Road (State Road 26) at Northwest 254th Street, on the right when traveling west on West Newberry Road.
The discovery of hard rock phosphate in Alachua County in 1889 sparked the appearance of boom towns wherever large deposits of the mineral were found. Incorporated in 1894, Newberry thrived until 1914 when the onset of World War I forced the mines . . . — — Map (db m65216) HM
Near Southwest 258th Street south of Southwest 2nd Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
contributing member
Newberry Historic District
and has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
Little Red Schoolhouse
circa 1910 — — Map (db m126398) HM
On West Newberry Road (State Road 26) at Northwest 255th Street, on the right when traveling west on West Newberry Road.
Only after about 1870 did phosphates become an important world industry. In Alachua County, phosphates were discovered late in the 1870's, but as in other regions of Florida, the major developments in phosphate mining and processing began about . . . — — Map (db m119012) HM
On Northwest 166th Street at Northwest 20th Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Northwest 166th Street.
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On August 19, 1916, African Americans living in the Jonesville and Newberry communities were lynched. At 2:00 a.m., Constable George Wynne, Dr. L.G. Harris, and G.H. Blount drove to Boisey Long's home in Jonesville to serve a warrant and . . . — — Map (db m135956) HM
On US Hwy 27 & 41 (U.S. 27) at Northwest 16th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on US Hwy 27 & 41.
Blue Sink
Visited by William Bartram, America's first naturalist, in 1774.
Erected by Newberry Garden Club in cooperation with Dist. V. FFGC National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc.
Fla. Dept. of Transportation — — Map (db m119044) HM
On County Road 234 at County Road 2082, on the left when traveling north on County Road 234.
Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the area in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Florida to the United States in the War of 1812. The raiders engaged a force of Seminole Indians under the command of . . . — — Map (db m54642) HM
Dickison and His Men
John Jackson Dickison (1816-1902), Florida's famous Civil War guerrilla leader, bivouacked at Camp Baker, south of here, during the closing weeks of the conflict. Dickison and his men became legendary figures. As Company . . . — — Map (db m40315) HM
On 5th Blvd (State Road 24 E), on the right when traveling east.
(Left)
Police Officer
Waldo
When I start my tour of duty God,
Wherever crime may be,
As I walk the darkened Streets alone,
let me be close to thee.
Please give me understanding
with both the young and old
Let me listen with . . . — — Map (db m41877) HM
On SW 5th Blvd. (State Road 24) near S.W. 2nd Way, on the right when traveling east.
The first permanent English-speaking settlers came to the northeast portion of Alachua County in the 1820's. In 1837, during the Second Seminole War, an army post, Fort Harlee, was established on the Santa Fe River about three miles north of this . . . — — Map (db m41072) HM
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