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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Charlotte County, Florida
Adjacent to Charlotte County, Florida
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| On Church Street just south of Harper Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Established in 1879, Charlotte Harbor Cemetery is the oldest known cemetery in Charlotte County and the final resting place of many local pioneers who braved a subtropical wilderness and Civil War reconstruction to build a settlement on the . . . — — Map (db m101018) HM |
| On Rowland Drive 0.1 miles north of Harbor View Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Hickory Bluff Cemetery was established in the late 1800s, adjacent to land purchased on June 2, 1884 by July Roberts, an early African-American settler. Initial burials began following the Civil War when freed African-Americans settled in the . . . — — Map (db m128325) HM |
| Near Melbourne Street at Scenic Avenue. |
| | After the Civil War (1861-1865), soldiers stationed in Florida decided to stay for the warm climate as well as for political and financial gain. Some became early pioneers here in Hickory Bluff, not far from the 1872 Charlotte Harbor post office. . . . — — Map (db m101021) HM |
| On Seneca Avenue at Parmely Street, on the right when traveling north on Seneca Avenue. |
| | A congregation has met at Trinity United Methodist Church continuously since 1873. The first church organized in today's Charlotte County, its members have been an integral part of our history. Joel and Jesse Knight, James McKay and Jacob Summerlin . . . — — Map (db m101019) HM |
| On Kerrigan Circle 0.1 miles west of El Jobean Road (Florida Route 776), on the left when traveling south. |
| | During the American Civil War in late 1863, Union forces and "refugee rangers" encountered local combatants in a brief skirmish on the eastern shore of the Myakka River near today's El Jobean. It is the only recorded Civil War skirmish within the . . . — — Map (db m151053) HM |
| On New Point Comfort Road 0.1 miles south of South McCall Road (Florida Route 776), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Bass Biological Laboratory and Zoological Research Supply Facility Company was established on this site c. 1931 by John Foster Bass, Jr. (1897-1939) and his wife Else Bass (1898-1973). As the first full-time marine station on the Florida . . . — — Map (db m151045) HM |
| Near Placida Road (County Route 775) 0.3 miles south of Health Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The unique "Cookie House" was built c. 1931 by John Foster Bass, Jr. (1897-1939) founder of the Bass Biological Laboratory and Zoological Research Supply Company, to serve as his personal office and laboratory near the Bass home on New Point Comfort . . . — — Map (db m151050) HM |
| Near Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41) 0.1 miles south of County Route 776A. |
| | In 1905, Clarence Bloomfield Moore (1852-1936), a wealthy, amateur archaeologist from Philadelphia excavated a mound located on the northern bank of the Peace River about one half mile north of this site. Moore found the sand burial mound containing . . . — — Map (db m152615) HM |
| Near Murdock Circle 0.1 miles south of Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41). |
| | Inspired by the completion of the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad (CH&N) in 1907, land speculator John Milton Murdock (1867-1925) platted the village of Murdock in 1914. Located at the southwest intersection of US 41 (Tamiami Trail) and the . . . — — Map (db m152660) HM |
| Near Gasparilla Road (County Route 771) 0.1 miles south of South McCall Road (Florida Route 776). |
| | The Placida Bunk House was built about 1907 by the Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railroad to house their employees. The line was laid to transport phosphate to docks at South Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island. Several families called the building home, . . . — — Map (db m152668) HM |
| On McClellan Avenue 0.1 miles north of Black Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Southland Trail Cemetery, believed to be a non-white cemetery, serves as the final resting place for an undisclosed number of leased convict laborers, blacks and possibly 18th century Spanish-Indian fishermen. The age of the cemetery is unknown; . . . — — Map (db m151056) HM |
| Near Gasparilla Road (County Route 771) 0.1 miles south of South McCall Road (Florida Route 776). |
| | In 1905, the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad (CH&N) built a depot and section house along its rail line from the phosphate mines at Mulberry to the port of Boca Grande. The CH&N Railroad platted the town of McCall in 1909 and named it for . . . — — Map (db m152664) HM |
| On Ponce de Leon Parkway 0.9 miles west of Colony Point Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On this day, May 24, ships were sent to seek a mainland colony site and to sound and chart the newly found “Bay of the Holy Spirit” (Charlotte Harbor). For three weeks explorations continued, seldom by land. There were at least three . . . — — Map (db m95500) HM |
| Near Ponce de Leon Parkway 0.9 miles west of Colony Point Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Born - San Tierra de Campos, Palencia, Spain - 1460
Died - Havana, Cuba - (probably Mid-June) - 1522
Interred - Entombment beneath the high altar of the Dominican Cathedral of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Epitaph to Ponce de Leon
"Beneath . . . — — Map (db m95486) HM |
| On Scott Avenue just north of Duncan Road (U.S. 17), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Lt. Carl Bailey Cemetery has served this area’s African-American community as a final resting place for over 120 years. The cemetery was called the Cleveland Cemetery, established in the 1880s on land owned by New York investor W. Irving Scott. The . . . — — Map (db m151119) HM |
| Near Airport Road 0.3 miles east of Piper Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In May 1942, the Army Air Corps chose this site for the Punta Gorda Army Air Field (PGAAF). Construction began that October at a project cost of $700,000.
The Army Air Corps activated PGAAF on December 11, 1943 with a mission to train pilots . . . — — Map (db m146927) HM |
| On W Marion Ave at Taylor St, on the right when traveling west on W Marion Ave. |
| | Hotel Punta Gorda, one the first buildings of any kind constructed in Punta Gorda, opened in January 1888 and served over 3300 guests within its first season. The three story building contained 150 rooms, all with a view of the waters of Charlotte . . . — — Map (db m32408) HM |
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