The south side of this building was originally built in 1923 as the home for the Ernest Kouwen-Hoven family. During the year they lived in it, it was the scene of many spectacular parties, as well as more down-to-earth "crab-boils" held on the . . . — — Map (db m66833) HM
This long-lost cemetery was uncovered in 1980 when area residents pruned back the dense undergrowth and cleared trash to find two tombstones: those of Alice Chambers who died in 1905 and John H. Whitfield, who died in 1901. A few months later, Boy . . . — — Map (db m234908) HM
Little Red Schoolhouse
Melbourne's oldest surviving schoolhouse
built 1883 by John Goode at his house on the river.
Both black and white students, attended 5-6
summer months, sat on benches. Wrote on
slates, drank from well near by. . . . — — Map (db m241654) HM
The Melbourne Hotel was first opened on the evening of September 23, 1924, with several hundred guests in attendance.
Elton Hall was the promoter of the hotel and celebrated his 36th birthday on the day of the opening.
That same year . . . — — Map (db m235879) HM
This building was started in December, 1926, by Florida Power and Light Co. as a 150-ton ice plant. The plant was to be built in units, with the first unit having a 50-ton capacity. Cost of the building was about $100,000.
However, the ice . . . — — Map (db m48887) HM
The library began in Mrs. Campbell's store called The Bazaar, on lower New Haven Avenue, in 1918.
It soon outgrew the store, moved to a building on the corner of New Haven Ave. and Vernon Place, then across the street to the display room of the . . . — — Map (db m50307) HM
The war with Mexico was fought over territorial
boundaries in the southern part of Texas. This war lasted from May 3, 1846 to March 10, 1848. The Mexican government ceded two fifths of its territory to the United States which established the . . . — — Map (db m195343) HM WM
This building was erected in 1913 and contained a billiard parlor and restaurant on the ground floor, and the Midway Hotel upstairs. The Melbourne Times moved from its Front Street location to this building almost as soon as it was finished, and . . . — — Map (db m49939) HM
This site was the 129-building Naval Air Station constructed at the Melbourne Municipal Airport at the beginning of World War II. It was commissioned as Operational Training Unit No. 2 on October 20, 1942 and closed on February 15, 1946. The Station . . . — — Map (db m52374) HM
Brevard Art Museum was at one time City Hall, police, and fire department of Eau Gallie. Whenever there was a fire, a siren, located on top of the three story roof, would inform all the local volunteers they were needed. Local businessmen on . . . — — Map (db m223603) HM
This building was the Eau Gallie Post Office circa 1900-1925. Before the advent of automobiles, old-timers recall tying their horses and buggies to the big oak tree in the back.
The building just south of the Post Office was Eau Gallie's first . . . — — Map (db m49235) HM
The original hotel on this site was built in 1884 on property which Richard W. Goode purchased from Thomas Mason first white settler of Melbourne. Mrs. R.W. Goode operated the "Rooming House." She called it the Goode House.
In 1894, the . . . — — Map (db m223596) HM
The Ais Indian town of Pentoaya is thought to have been located atop the arc-shaped sand bluffs that surround the western edge of what is now Ballard Park. Pentoaya was an important prehistoric Indian settlement on the east coast of Florida, and was . . . — — Map (db m82819) HM
The Persian Gulf War [Desert Storm] began when Iraq invaded Kuwait. In early January, 1991, the United States and United Nations forces began an offensive drive that ended when Iraq forces withdrew from Kuwait. A cease fire went into effect on . . . — — Map (db m195251) HM
In 1880 about 200 people lived in the cities of Eau Gallie and Melbourne. Eau Gallie's population in 1886 was 50. By 1890 the combined population in and around the two settlements was 374, of which 187 actually lived within the two communities. . . . — — Map (db m49123) HM
The exact year the Roesch house was built is unknown. It was probably constructed sometime after 1892. It was constructed by William Russell Roesch. Roesch was made city treasurer of Eau Gallie in 1887. Roesch was also mayor of Eau Gallie numerous . . . — — Map (db m49136) HM
The first hickory log cabin built by John C. Houston, original settler of Eau Gallie, was erected in this area. Houston came here in 1859 with his older sons and 10 slaves. He had served in the U.S. Army during the Seminole Indian wars and had been . . . — — Map (db m49240) HM
Richard W. Goode, wife Jessie Goode and three small children arrived in the area of Crane Creek in 1877. They came here from Evanston, Illinois.
Goode explored the area, on foot and by boat, while his family remained in the small settlement of . . . — — Map (db m73132) HM
On the night of March 26, 1944, three B-24 aircraft were flying loose formation from Chatham Field in Savannah, Georgia on a training flight. Somewhere over the Atlantic ocean, two of the planes went down without even giving a distress signal. The . . . — — Map (db m223740) HM
The Spanish-American War began when Cuban
revolutionaries attempted to gain freedom from Spanish control. American interests in Cuba became the initiative for America to join the revolutionaries and to declare war on Spain. The war took place in . . . — — Map (db m195341) WM
St. John's Episcopal Church parish was founded in 1890, but the church was not built until 1897. The first services were held Feb. 20, 1898. The design of the church is copied from one in Como, Canada, where the Hodgson family formerly lived. The . . . — — Map (db m49137) HM
A Methodist circuit rider, with the aid of early settlers in Eau Gallie, erected a small mission cut out of logs on the north bank of Horse Creek. It was finished with a puncheon floor. Travel to the services was by boat. From 1888 until 1900 the . . . — — Map (db m49237) HM
The First Congregational Church of Melbourne had its beginnings in 1887 when Edward Branch and his wife Abbie began to hold regular Bible study and worship meetings. In December 1887, five men and seven women signed a covenant that was the first . . . — — Map (db m66831) HM
With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
CM/Sgt. Herbert Smith
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action
1973 — — Map (db m195631) WM
With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
Maj. Richard Kibby
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action
1973 — — Map (db m195638) WM
The Hernandez-Capron Trail parallels I-95 here in Brevard County. Laid out in 1838 by U.S. Army during Second Seminole war, it linked King's Road in St. Augustine and forts along St. John's River with Ft. Capron, 4 mi. north of present Ft. Pierce. . . . — — Map (db m75839) HM
"Nothing occurred to disturb the quiet of the night, except the wolves in the neighboring forest responding howl for howl…"
—Journal of Jacob Rhett Mott, 1838
By the 19th century, American settlements along Florida's . . . — — Map (db m131066) HM
James Wadsworth Rossetter, Sr., came to Eau Gallie in 1902. He purchased this property in 1903. The house was built before the War Between the States and is on the former site of the Houston family's slave quarters. One member of that pioneer . . . — — Map (db m48975) HM
The William H. Gleason House was built around 1884 by William Henry Gleason (c. 1830-1902) and his wife Sarah Griffin Gleason. Gleason came to Florida in 1866 with his wife and two sons from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and settled in Dade County. In . . . — — Map (db m63911) HM
Almost this entire block was a campground for tin can tourists in the year 1918(?) - 1923. Travelers from all over the country camped here in tents, homemade trailers and even wooden shelters built on the back of Model T Ford trucks. Out houses and . . . — — Map (db m50746) HM
Originally wooden steps mounted the bluff, providing a means for pedestrians to go from the front street business section to the hotels and residences along the high bluff.
At the top of the steps, along bluff walk, were the Carelton Hotel, . . . — — Map (db m48888) HM
The two large oak trees that lent their presence to the naming of this house have been damaged and subsequently cut down because of a windstorm. The house has significant history because it was built in the early part of the twentieth century for a . . . — — Map (db m49280) HM
The Union Cypress Co. was Melbourne’s first big industry, bringing employment, growth and development to the region. Their big cypress/pine sawmill was a three-story, all-steel structure about 50 by 150 feet. Five, 150-horsepower boilers provided . . . — — Map (db m71092) HM
The Vietnam War began in March 1959 when Communist activist Ho Chi Min declared a peoples war to unite all of Vietnam under his Communist leadership. Fifteen years later, and with neither side winning the conflict, the Paris Peace Accords were . . . — — Map (db m195324) HM
The War of 1812 was conducted shortly after America had won its independence from England. The British tried to entice America back into a battle over the Canadian border issues. War was declared on England by President James Madison on June 10, . . . — — Map (db m195346) HM WM
World War I was started by Germany over economic and imperialistic rivalries set in motion by the expansion of British, German and Russian empires. On August 1, 1914 Germany
declared war on Russia, Britain declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914 . . . — — Map (db m195335) HM
World War II was caused by Germany’s expansion program initiated by Hitler. England and France declared war on Germany September 3, 1939. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Setting off war in the Pacific. The United States declared war . . . — — Map (db m195331) HM
This home was started in Dec. 1915, for the S.T. Ballard family, owners of the Ballard Flour Co.
Ginter Brothers had the construction contract and it was said the house cost $40,000 to build.
The Ballards were from Louisville, KY., and . . . — — Map (db m235640) HM
Naturalist, Author, Director
Harvard University Museum
His love and preservation of nature inspire us in keeping this from becoming “that vanishing Eden” in which he wrote of boyhood adventures when living in Eau Gallie exploring this shell . . . — — Map (db m217727) HM
This historic Chapel, the oldest Church on the Beaches, has been the center of community religious life since it was built in 1892 on land donated in 1890 by Mr. And Mrs. Henry Whiting.
At a cost of $200 and a donation for interior finishing, . . . — — Map (db m52929) HM
On this site, in February of 1889, Captain Alfred Wilcox took delivery of a shipment of steel rail that would be used in the building of the Melbourne & Atlantic Railroad. Over the coming months, railroad track would be laid to connect the Indian . . . — — Map (db m52544) HM
Constructed 1889
Restored 1985
Originally built by the Melbourne and Atlantic Railroad company, this pier was the gateway to the barrier island. A "Port Facility" for tourists, residents, freight, and mail, it supported a standard gauge . . . — — Map (db m53167) HM
Constructed on this site in 1888, Myrtle Cottage was built by Mrs. Hannah Cummings and her daughter Grace, and was the first house in the area known as Melbourne Beach. The house's construction was made difficult by the lack of roads or docks, and . . . — — Map (db m52569) HM
This building was constructed in 1908 facing the Indian River Lagoon in the area now know as Ryckman Park in Melbourne Beach. It originally held offices of the Melbourne Beach Improvement Company. The officers, Capt. Rufus Beaujean, son Donald . . . — — Map (db m53166) HM
While there is disagreement among scholars, it is believed that this site may be in an area where Juan Ponce de Leon made landfall in April 1513. It has long been thought that this event took place near St. Augustine, based upon studies of de Leon's . . . — — Map (db m69481) HM
Under the United States Government Homestead Act of 1862, brothers Robert Toombs Smith and Charley Smith laid claim to 158.79 acres on Mullet Creek in 1887. They discovered the property while searching the Indian River Lagoon shoreline by sailboat . . . — — Map (db m102830) HM
One of the first homes in Melbourne Beach, the Ryckman House was built in 1890 for Jacob Fox by Captain Rufus W. Beaujean. Both men were original investors in the Melbourne Beach Company, later named the Melbourne Beach Improvement Company. The . . . — — Map (db m93164) HM
The Villa Marine Hotel was erected in 1912 by W.L. Sweet. Its construction provided a sorely needed boost for Melbourne Beach as a vacation resort, for other well known resorts north and south were by this time outstripping this community in growth, . . . — — Map (db m52928) HM
This community hall was constructed, circa 1941, as a barracks on the Banana River Naval Air Station. Following World War II, the Naval Air Station became Patrick Air Force Base. In 1948, this building was declared surplus, and sold to the American . . . — — Map (db m52733) HM
At the height of the Cold War mistrust, scientist from around the world pressed for international cooperation in finding out more about the Sun, the Earth and its atmosphere. From July 1957 to December 1958, scientists from 67 nations worked . . . — — Map (db m176221) HM
With the new found power and guidance combination of the Atlas-Agena system, we now had the ability to successfully aim unmanned exploratory missions at other worlds. Teams of scientists, who could only explore the heavens with telescopes until . . . — — Map (db m176399) HM
Dedicated by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution with deepest appreciation for the tremendous sacrifices made by America’s Women Veterans — — Map (db m164618) WM
With its inaugural liftoff from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-17 on February 14, 1989, the Delta II ushered in a new era in space flight.
The Delta II served as the launch vehicle for the Air Force’s first Global Positioning System . . . — — Map (db m176869) HM
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket utilizes components from Apollo, Space Shuttle and newly developed spacecraft hardware. Built to go farther than ever before, the SLS's first mission will be to . . . — — Map (db m176789) HM
Established in 1892, the Bethel A.M.E. Church of Merritt Island was the first African Methodist Episcopal church on North Tropical Trail, located on land James R. Ragan originally acquired through the Homestead Act in 1895. The wooden church sat on . . . — — Map (db m101067) HM
Space was just for science fiction fans until the world’s first man-made satellite—the USSR’s Sputnik—beep, beep, beeped down at us from orbit. At the time, there were many views about the exploration of space. “War Hawks” imagined a future with . . . — — Map (db m176323) HM
Dedicated to the recipients of the nation’s oldest military decoration “The Purple Heart”
My stone is red for the blood they shed.
The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care.
If I could be seen by all mankind . . . — — Map (db m164817) WM
Dennis Sawyer Memorial Park was established in 1956 when R.V. and Hazel Woods deeded three acres of land for use as an African American cemetery. It was originally managed by Greater Mount Olive AME Church, but years later, the cemetery deteriorated . . . — — Map (db m192604) HM
Over three years from 2013-16, Navy veteran Jim McDole, of part Choctaw and Cherokee Heritage, carved this magnificent first buffalo hunt from a large block of fallon Chinese tallow. McDole was a homeless veteran during most of his labors. The . . . — — Map (db m164840) WM
In 1892, Frank Cass Allen, a Georgiana merchant, began building a 0.6-mile standard-gauge railway with steel rail and wood ties across Merritt’s Island at this location, connecting docks on the Indian and Banana Rivers. It was part of his private . . . — — Map (db m94408) HM
Georgianna United Methodist Church was built in the community of Georgiana on Merritt's Island in 1886. The ringing of the church bell still marks the beginning of worship as it has for many decades. Franklin C. Allen, Jr., a local homesteader, . . . — — Map (db m102267) HM
No one has ever counted the number of technical challenges we needed to overcome in the infant days of America’s space program. Many of the early rockets would lift just a few feet of their launch platforms before falling back and exploding. . . . — — Map (db m176658) HM
In 1960, the first live television signal to cross an ocean created an instant sensation and spawned a communication revolution. The signal bounced off a huge Mylar balloon we called Echo, which was launched into orbit by a Delta rocket in August . . . — — Map (db m176402) HM
Indianola Pioneer cemetery is the final resting place of early white settlers who carved homesteads out of the lush growth of the Florida peninsula. It was created on November 4, 1898, when Thomas H Sanders and his wife, Mary recognized that the . . . — — Map (db m240075) HM
The Sams family came to Brevard County from South Carolina in 1875 to take advantage of the 1860 Homestead Act. The family consisted of John Hanahan Sams, his wife Sarah, their five children, John's brother William Sams, and his sister, Catherine . . . — — Map (db m176325) HM
In 1868, the Field family landed on Merritt Island to start a new life. A year later, much of the family returned to Macon, Georgia, but the two eldest brothers John R. (J.R.) and Samuel J. (Sam) Field remained. Using the Homestead Act of 1862, they . . . — — Map (db m140801) HM
Has been erected to Honor and Remember
All Veterans Who Died and Served in the
Cause of Freedom, Preserving Democracy of
South Korea 1950 – 1953 – and on
Against Communist Aggression
Freedom is Not Free
. . . — — Map (db m164614) WM
The Atlas rocket gave us the power to reach orbit, but it was the Agena on top that bridged the huge gap between getting there and getting down to work. The Agena was powered by an engine we could turn on and off at will. It was also the first to . . . — — Map (db m176663) HM
The first challenge was getting the hardware into space. But even the biggest rocket would be no more than fireworks if we couldn’t ride along – even if was just electronically for the time being. The devices and systems needed for space . . . — — Map (db m176646) HM
Wt: 24 tons 46 mm cannon 45mph
Use: reconnaissance Crew: 4
Replaced World War II M24 Chaffee Tank
Manufacturer: Cadillac Motor Car Division of GM
Production: Cleveland, Ohio 1951-1954
Total Manufactured: 5,467
Worldwide Service . . . — — Map (db m164643) HM
After six month journey’s NASA’s twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on Mars in January, 2004. Initially intended to last 92 days, both rovers exceeded expectations with Spirit lasting six years and Opportunity exploring the . . . — — Map (db m177159) HM
Awarded by the United States of America for “Conspicuous” Gallantry and Intrepidity at the Risk of His or Her Life above and beyond the Call of Duty while engaged in an action against any enemy of the United States. . . . — — Map (db m164675) WM
NASA maintains a fleet of Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic jets for astronaut training and proficiency flights. The jets were produced for the U.S. Air Force between 1961 and 1972.
Most space buffs will recognize the T-38 jet as the . . . — — Map (db m177138) HM
Timeline
1990
Aug. 2: Iraq Invades Kuwait
Aug. 7: F-15’s Depart to Persian Gulf
Aug. 7: USS Independence to Persian Gulf
Nov. 8: 200,000 Troops Depart U.S.
Nov. 29: U.N. Authorizes Force
1991
Jan. 12: U.S. Congress . . . — — Map (db m164667) HM WM
Their valor and sacrifice took the fight to the enemy likely saving many American lives at home. They gave the Afghan people their best chance in history to be free of fear and oppression.
“All Gave Some Some Gave All” . . . — — Map (db m164673) WM
"Operation Iraqi Freedom"
U.S. Served in Iraq 1.5 mil.
WIA 32,226, 4 MOH Awarded, KIA 4,491
Brevard County Service Members killed while serving in Iraq
Army PFC Michael Creighton Weldon, 20
Palm Bay, KIA 29 Mar 2003 . . . — — Map (db m164824) WM
NASA’s Orion spacecraft built by Lockheed Martin will take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before! Orion is the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency escape, if needed, sustain the crew during the space . . . — — Map (db m176730) HM
This memorial honors all Prisoners of War, remembering the tremendous hardships endured at the hands of their ruthless enemies as they braved captivity. The resilience and strength of the American service men and women showed great devotion and . . . — — Map (db m164845) WM
Provost Hall was originally constructed in 1910 as the Georgiana Club house on land provided by Charles D. Provost and his wife Gertrude Breese Provost. Until their grandchildren, Charles D. Provost and his sister, Mary Virginia Provost Katz, gave . . . — — Map (db m94407) HM
This marker commemorates the men and women who achieved American independence. These Patriots, believing in the noble cause of liberty, fought valiantly to found a new nation.
1775 – 1783
Presented by Brevard Space Coast Regents . . . — — Map (db m217722) HM WM
The primary function of the SATAN tracking antenna was to receive radio signals in the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) range of 136 to 137 megahertz from orbiting unmanned spacecraft.
In service from 1964 until 1979 . . . — — Map (db m13923) HM
Saturn V, the United States’ largest and most powerful launch vehicle, was designed to hurl American astronauts in an Apollo capsule to the Moon. Composed of three stages and an instrument unit, the Saturn V, which stood 111 meters (363 feet) tall, . . . — — Map (db m105211) HM
In Memory of
September, 11th, 2001
These two pieces of steel recovered from ground zero, stand in honor of all of those who lost their lives that day in a coordinated terrorist attack on the
“World Trade Center”
New York . . . — — Map (db m164692) WM
In Memory of
September, 11th, 2001
These two pieces of steel recovered from ground zero, stand in honor of all of those who lost their lives that day in a coordinated terrorist attack on the
“World Trade Center”
New York . . . — — Map (db m165351) WM
Less than three years after Sputnik, NASA began test firing the Saturn I, the first launch vehicle created specifically for the space program. It was the largest rocket ever built in America and lead to the development of the huge Saturn V. The . . . — — Map (db m176664) HM
America’s newfound enthusiasm for space opened the door for an army of scientific visionaries who had dreamed of this opportunity for generations. It wasn’t just telescopes anymore. It was going there, taking notes, building the immeasurable . . . — — Map (db m176329) HM
"We descendants of the heroes of the American Revolution who, by their sacrifices established the United States of America …” dedicate this Liberty Tree in their honor. — — Map (db m164622) WM
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