Historical Markers in Fort White, Florida

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Historical Markers in Fort White, Florida

1 ► Florida, Columbia County, Fort White — 22 — A Chief is Seized — Florida De Soto Trail — August 17, 1539 —

Near SW Elim Church Road (County Road 238) 0.2 miles east of SW Ichetucknee Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

It’s August 17, 1539… When Hernando de Soto’s scouts sight the abandoned Indian village of Caliquen, Cavalry Captain Baltasar de Gallegos is ordered to move ahead – My men and I were sent to check for food and supplies. When . . . — — Map (db m127006) HM

2 ► Florida, Columbia County, Fort White — The Fort White Public School —

On Southwest Dortch Street at Southwest Bryant Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Southwest Dortch Street.

The Fort White Public School has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m220548) HM

3 ► Florida, Columbia County, Fort White — Ichetucknee Springs —

Near SW Elim Church Road (County Road 238) 0.2 miles east of SW Ichetucknee Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Ichetucknee Springs Has been designated a Registered Natural Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1955 this site possesses exceptional value in illustrating the natural history of the United . . . — — Map (db m126019) HM

4 ► Florida, Columbia County, Fort White — F-362 — Town of Fort White —

On NW 1st Street (State Road 47) near West Well Street, on the right when traveling south.

The town of Fort White, named for a former Second Seminole War fort built nearby in 1837, was founded in 1870 and flourished briefly after the arrival of the railroad in 1888. Phosphate mining and the growing of citrus and cotton sparked a boom that . . . — — Map (db m64600) HM

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