Azalea growers Jules and Janis Colle heard about Casselberry’s system of delivering oil from the railroad to the ferneries to prevent the freezing of the fern crops. This interested them as they had been looking for the perfect place to grow their . . . — — Map (db m214429) HM
Brightwater served as the Casselberry Family Estate for almost seven decades. Noted Winter Park architect James Gamble Rogers II designed the house in 1951 in the Colonial Revival style at the request of friend and fellow Illinois native Hibbard . . . — — Map (db m245230) HM
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In a lightly populated area known as Fern Park, a flourishing area dotted with slatted sheds used for growing asparagus plumosis ferns for the florist industry, a power struggle developed between two prominent growers, Gordon . . . — — Map (db m146478) HM
Three trustees established the Concord Church and Burying Ground on this site in 1885: Eliza Hartley, Georgia Hartley, and Caroline Lewis. Before that time, it is said that soldiers and Seminoles were buried here during the Seminole Wars. The . . . — — Map (db m92977) HM
The history of the cemetery dates back to 1890 when Laura and William Brawner donated 16 acres of land for the establishment of a cemetery for black slaves. It was named Evergreen. During this time, blacks and whites were not allowed to be buried . . . — — Map (db m101769) HM
During the interbellum periods of the Seminole Wars, local militia in the Casselberry area built forts to protect settlers from Seminole attacks. Aaron Jernigan, the original settler of Orlando, helped tp construct a small blockhouse with local . . . — — Map (db m105527) HM
In the vicinity of this marker, famed actress and inventor Hedy Lemarr, died on January 19, 2000 at her home on Wesson Drive in the Orange Grove Park neighborhood. Born Hedwig Eva Marie Kiesler on November 9, 1914, in Austria to Emil and Gertrude . . . — — Map (db m218116) HM
In the early 1880s, John Wesley Griffin came to Central Florida with his father Dr. Abel Griffin and sister Henrietta E. Griffin. John Griffin purchased 6,000 acres of land near Kissimmee and was responsible for building the first saw and gristmill . . . — — Map (db m146479) HM
To honor our veterans who served and now serve and to thank them for the sacrifices they have made for our Country in the name of Freedom and Democracy — — Map (db m169763) WM
