In this vicinity on the Apalachicola River, Hardy Bryan Croom, pioneer Florida planter and botanist, discovered one of the rarest of coniferous trees, Torreya taxifolia circa 1835, and named it for Dr. John Torrey, prominent American botanist. Only . . . — — Map (db m17753) HM
On July 6, 1901, Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Ferrell deeded this site as a place of divine worship of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Planning and construction for a permanent sanctuary is believed to have commenced in the early 1900s. Judge Robert . . . — — Map (db m146222) HM
