Building Palmetto’s Carnegie Library, the first real library in Manatee County was a collaboration: Andrew Carnegie’s foundation contributed $10,000, the City supplied $1000 and the land, and the Ladies’ Library Association provided all the . . . — — Map (db m146785) HM
Because sources of hard stone were located farther north, the native people of Snead Island relied on shell and bone to create most of the tools necessary for their everyday tasks.
Large conchs were fitted with wooden handles to be used as . . . — — Map (db m277670) HM
What drew people to this outpost at the joining of the Manatee River, Terra Ceia Bay, and Tampa Bay? Originally, Amerindians came for the abundant shellfish of the surrounding waters and other food and raw material resources of the interior . . . — — Map (db m277673) HM
The Cottage Museum, a typical 1900 family home, has been refurbished with the help of families who lived there. Josephine Harrison and the members of the Heritage Doll Club were actively involved in establishing the Cottage Museum.
The . . . — — Map (db m146782) HM
The Cyprus House Military Museum opened the public on July 3, 2004, and is the most recent addition to the Palmetto Historical Park. This structure was originally located on Longboat Key in the mid 30’s and was one of the several cypress cottages . . . — — Map (db m146749) HM
The light of freedom still burns brightly in our world today because of the service and sacrifice of America’s men and women in uniform.
Our Nation’s servicemen and women have fought the forces of tyranny and
won victories for liberty, . . . — — Map (db m244710) WM
This area, known originally as Frog Creek, received its first American settlers before the Civil War. Many of them came from Alabama, northern Florida, and Georgia. Among the Georgians was Daniel Gillett, who brought his family to Frog Creek in the . . . — — Map (db m217233) HM
Through expert archaeological investigations, we are revealing more about the lives of past inhabitants at the temple mound complex. This careful work is slow, and remains of a prehistoric shelter found here provide new clues to early inhabitants. . . . — — Map (db m277646) HM
This bronze bell was forged by the E.W. Vanduzen Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Buckeye Bell Foundry in 1893. Originally placed in St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Indianapolis, Indiana, this was the largest of 9 bells. A musical collection of 9 bells . . . — — Map (db m110668) HM
Heritage Chapel is the only building in the Palmetto Historical Park that is not historic. After searching for an original chapel, it was decided in 1999 to construct a new building approximately the standard size of the original churches in . . . — — Map (db m146751) HM
Heritage Station is Palmetto’s first free-standing post office. It was built for Mrs. Mary Nettles, Palmetto’s 2nd and 4th Postmaster, who served 1880-1889 and again 1893-1897. During her service and through the turn of the century, mail destined . . . — — Map (db m146753) HM
Call out our name
as the years go by
Remember us and
we shall never die
(front)
A nation that honors its
veterans is a nation dedicated
to the preservation of freedom
won by the sacrifice of life
itself. These emblems . . . — — Map (db m146746) WM
J. A. Lamb house contributes greatly to the historical and architectural significance of this scenic drive. This well-proportioned and detailed Queen Anne victorian residence was built in 1899 and received extensive restoration in 1996. . . . — — Map (db m217040) HM
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Lincoln Memorial High School was established in 1949 and served as the only public high school in Manatee County to allow colored children to attend until it closed in 1969 in order to complete the desegregation of Manatee County's . . . — — Map (db m102467) HM
800? - AD 1500:
Occupation by Amerindian peoples, possibly Timucans, builders of the temple mound and village middens. Throughout their time here, Amerindians used the natural resources of their environment under a complex spiritual and . . . — — Map (db m277695) HM
The areas before and around you were home to Amerindians from the time of 800 AD to 1500 AD, and perhaps even earlier.
Discarding their food remains of shell and bone, as well as broken pottery and tools, the Amerindians created mounds, called . . . — — Map (db m277658) HM
Palmetto’s historic Memphis neighborhood was originally plotted in 1904 by Robert F. Willis who sold lots to “a number of very desirable people” who built homes in what he named the “Town of Memphis” after his hometown in . . . — — Map (db m100898) HM
The 'old' Palmetto Cemetery was established prior to 1888 and was used until 1910. The cemetery comprises one acre of land donated by Samuel Sparks Lamb, recognized founder of Palmetto. It is known as the Yellow Fever Cemetery because of the . . . — — Map (db m217024) HM
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S.S. Lamb came here with his family from Mississippi in a covered wagon and barouche and purchased this property on February 3, 1868. Lamb laid out and named Palmetto. The Lamb home, which stood about 100 yards west of here, was . . . — — Map (db m100922) HM
The Palmetto Armory
has been listed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
October 2012 — — Map (db m146898) HM
Palmetto Baptist Church. The Palmetto Baptist Church was organized on January 5, 1892, and a few months later its first building was erected on this site. The Reverend R.H. Whitehead, under whose leadership the church was constituted, became . . . — — Map (db m100920) HM
The "old" Palmetto Cemetery was established prior to 1888 and was used until 1910. The cemetery comprises one acre of land donated by Samuel Sparks Lamb, recognized founder of Palmetto. It is known as the Yellow Fever Cemetery because of the . . . — — Map (db m217235) HM
This Historic Landmark residence, recognized by the Department of Interior for the National Register, was constructed in 1913. Built for Julius Lamb, a prominent Manatee County pioneer, the home was purchased as a mail order kit from Sears, Roebuck . . . — — Map (db m110638) HM
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From its 1868 home in a log building at 1102 Riverside Drive, S.S. Lamb's home school moved to the corner of 4th St. and 9th Ave. where a frame schoolhouse opened in 1889 with 60 pupils and Miss Frankie McKay (Mrs. James A. Howze) as . . . — — Map (db m146453) HM
In 1866, after release from a Union prison, Major Robert Stewart Griffith homesteaded here, building a small wooden house and planting banana and citrus trees. In 1869, two years after his marriage to Anna Webb of Spanish Point in Osprey, their . . . — — Map (db m277581) HM
This historic property was the site of the Levi Jones homestead. The original house, constructed in 1900, is no longer standing, but had similar architectural details as the current structure. Jennie Jones McLean was born on this site August 23, . . . — — Map (db m152839) HM
For the first twenty years, the Silver Leaf Club, also known as the Rubonia Women's Club, met in member's homes. In time, the Club grew and began a search for an affordable larger building. Following World War II, Mead Smith of Palm View purchased a . . . — — Map (db m102466) HM
This kindergarten building was moved onto the Palmetto Elementary School property in 1936. It would serve for many years as Palmetto’s first public kindergarten. Hazel Lewis was the first teacher to serve there. The building stood on the east . . . — — Map (db m146754) HM
When is an apple a cactus? When the plant in question is the aboriginal prickly-apple, Harrisia aboriginum. This cactus was first described by John Kunkel Small in 1920 from a sample he discovered on Terra Ceia Island in northern Manatee . . . — — Map (db m277677) HM
Site of Atwood Grove and Origin of World's 1st Pink Grapefruit
Across U.S. 301 stood the Kimball C. Atwood Grapefruit Grove and Manavista, a town that he founded in 1892 and encircled with 100 (mile-long) rows of trees. Here in 1913 grove . . . — — Map (db m218387) HM
Snead Island
Snead Island takes its name from Edward Snead, who homesteaded 128 acres on the end of this 740-acre island in 1843. A federal project opened a navigable channel in 1898 through the shallow flats on the eastern end of the . . . — — Map (db m42261) HM
The sphere-shaped sugar kettle was used in the late 18th and 19th centuries in the production of sugar. First, sugar cane was cut down and crushed between rollers to extract the cane juice. The juice was heated, clarified, and evaporated for . . . — — Map (db m146788) HM
A Living Record of the Past
Exploring the temple mound and shell middens at Emerson Point is a fascinating excursion into Manatee County's past — even before the time of recorded history! Once home to thriving communities of American . . . — — Map (db m277652) HM
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This facility was built during World War II
by Palmetto High School student members
of the Future Farmers of America and
their faculty advisor Mr. T.P. Winter.
Construction began in December 1943 and
was completed in May . . . — — Map (db m146896) HM
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The Tresca home was established in 1946 at this location by Major Wm. Warren and Annie H. Tresca. They met in Oklahoma where Warren was recovering from serious injuries suffered while serving in France during WWII and Annie was serving in . . . — — Map (db m200403) HM
