#1. The Joyland Beach Pier and Dance Hall located near the beach on the lakeshore at Ohio Avenue provided a place for relaxation and entertainment for the growing town. It had replaced the original boat and bathhouse that was built in 1911 after it . . . — — Map (db m212160) HM
More than 35 years prior to sugarcane being grown commercially in South Florida, northern entrepreneurs came to Central Florida and started planting cane on newly drained, nutrient-rich, land. By 1888, Hamilton Disston, a Philadelphia saw . . . — — Map (db m237884) HM
#11. This mule yard on the south side of 13th Street between Pennsylvania and New York Avenues became history on March 29, 1928 when the city decided to transform it into a new city park. In 1936, a band shell was constructed. On June 13, 1937 the . . . — — Map (db m212163) HM
#3. Originally built by Osceola County State Bank in 1911 by N.F. Bass this building later served as the St. Cloud City Hall. The town contracted to purchase the building and made the final payment in 1920. The addition on the south side was built . . . — — Map (db m212154) HM
Runnymede was originally established in 1885 and called Wharton. A man name Beauchamp Watson owned a home and a store here. He eventually operated the Runnymede Hotel which was popular among English visitors. The hotel was originally created as an . . . — — Map (db m237885) HM
#13. Looking to find a location to establish a veteran's retirement colony, the Grand Army of the Republic established the Seminole Land & Investment Company. The site had to meet its requirements of health, climate and productiveness of the soil. . . . — — Map (db m212180) HM
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Beginning in 1909, Union Civil War veterans from all over the United States began to move to St. Cloud, many drawn by promotions in Northern newspapers. The first veteran to die in St. Cloud, Lucius L. Mitchell, passed away in December . . . — — Map (db m172100) HM
St. Cloud Roll of Honor World War One
1917 - 1918
Armstrong, Dan E. • Arrowsmith, C.M. • Bailey, Clarence • Baker, Elmer • Barber, Dan M. • Barber, Jack • Bartlett, Neil • Bleech, Otto • Booth, James L. • Cathcart, H.C. • . . . — — Map (db m209496) WM
#12. The Grand Army of the Republic Post 34 played an active role in bringing thousands of Union veterans to Saint Cloud in the early 1900s, the largest concentration of Union veterans in the South. The G.A.R. Fire and Drum Corps made these honored . . . — — Map (db m212179) HM
The Sugar Belt Railway Line, built in 1889 by Hamilton Disston, transported sugar and citrus between the town of Narcoossee and Kissimmee. The train made the return trip after being reversed on a turntable at Narcoossee operated by muscle power. The . . . — — Map (db m96946) HM
The Bell AH-1 Cobra, “Snake”, was the world’s first specifically designed armed attack helicopter. During the Vietnam War, the need for a gunship to protect unarmed helicopters quickly became apparent, when many were lost to ground fire. First . . . — — Map (db m208619) HM
In Memory of
The Grand Army of the Republic
and those
Union Veterans
who in 1909 settled the
“Wonder City”
of St. Cloud, Florida
At 1101 Massachusetts Avenue stands the GAR Memorial Hall which held the Lucius L. . . . — — Map (db m208621) WM
#6. Just after midnight on July 28, 1917, a suspicious fire started in a storeroom and spread to businesses and apartments on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue between Tenth and Eleventh Streets. Volunteers formed bucket brigades to put out the . . . — — Map (db m208972) HM
#5. The Saint Cloud Sugar Belt Railway opened in November 1890 and ran from Kissimmee through the Saint Cloud plantation to Narcoossee. Made to haul sugar to market, it also carried passengers and other freight through the area. In 1917, a brick . . . — — Map (db m208967) HM
On a typical summer afternoon thunderstorms will be seen in the skies surrounding this site. So common they are often ignored, thunderstorms are nevertheless vital to the State's economy. They provide most of Florida's annual rainfall, but . . . — — Map (db m54028) HM
The Ladies Improvement Club of St. Cloud organized in 1910 for the betterment of the community through civic projects and the advocacy of literacy. The club established a small area in the Sugar Belt Railway depot for books and magazines for . . . — — Map (db m102976) HM
1947
Dedicated to
Our Veterans of All Wars
Rededicated by St. Cloud Main Street, 2014
Supported by:
Veterans Organizations and Local Donors — — Map (db m209491) WM
#14. The train station would be the embarkation point for local troops that served in two world wars. At its tracks, family and friends would welcome home many veterans. The station is now home to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3227, which serves . . . — — Map (db m208973) HM
The Desert Inn was founded as a trading post in the late 1880s. The present building dates before 1925 and served as a supply and recreational center for cattle drovers, lumber men and tourists during the era when much of Osceola County was still . . . — — Map (db m212430) HM
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