During the War of 1812, Georgia settlers invaded Spanish East Florida in an attempt to destabilize Spanish control and prevent British forces from using the region as a military staging ground. This conflict was known as the Patriot War. In March . . . — — Map (db m150640) HM
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Bryant Academy opened in the 1950-1951 school year, the result of an effort by the Nassau County School Board to provide more adequate schools for African Americans. The school board issued revenue bonds and closed nine existing African . . . — — Map (db m170000) 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, human . . . — — Map (db m134479) WM
In 1855, construction began in Fernandina on the first railroad in Florida to connect the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. The final tracks were completed in Cedar Key in March 1861 just a month before the start of the Civil War. Named the Florida . . . — — Map (db m153377) HM
Amelia Island, the southernmost Sea Island, is a chronicle of
American and colonial history. Inhabited by the ancient Timucua
people, it later bore eight flags: French, Spanish, British, Mexican
rebels, Confederate, and more, earning its Isle of . . . — — Map (db m307519) HM
Nestled at the northern tip of Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach,
incorporated in 1824, ranks among Florida's oldest cities. Dubbed the "Isle of Eight Flags," its 4,000-year Native Timucuan roots gave way to European, pirate, and Spanish colonial . . . — — Map (db m307518) HM
Early in his career, famed naturalist John Muir passed this location on his “Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf” from Indiana to Cedar Key in 1867. From Fernandina, Florida, Muir followed the route of the Florida Railroad, the first rail . . . — — Map (db m153376) HM
