Near East Orange Avenue (County Road 48) just east of South Florida Avenue (U.S. 41), on the left when traveling east.
[north-facing kiosk panel] Introduction Records of colonial explorers reveal a well-developed Native American trail linking the Tampa Bay area to the village of Alachua, 150 miles to the north. A Timucuan village existed along this . . . — — Map (db m168617) HM
On East Orange Avenue (County Road 48) at South Aroostook Way, on the left when traveling west on East Orange Avenue.
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The area containing present day Floral City has been inhabited by
humans for thousands of years. When Hernando De Soto came through
the area in 1539, he found the Indian village of Tocaste. From the late
1700s until the Second . . . — — Map (db m104967) HM
On South Old Floral City Road, 0.2 miles north of Kabrich Road, on the left when traveling north.
Three-sided concrete posts were placed every mile along the railroad as points of reference for the trainmen. This post tells us that it is 800 miles via rail to Richmond, Virginia, the railroad company’s headquarters.
Funding for . . . — — Map (db m125492) HM
Near South Istachatta Road (County Road 39) north of East Waller Lane, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing on the site of one of the worst train disasters in Florida history. The tragedy occurred October 18, 1956, on a dark and foggy morning in Pineola. At 5:12 a.m., people from five miles around were awakened when two freight trains . . . — — Map (db m101820) HM
On E. Orange Ave. (County Road CR48) at S. Floral City Rd., on the right on E. Orange Ave..
This house is the oldest surviving residential structure
in Citrus County. It was purchased in 2012 by the
Duval Preservation Trust, a non-profit institution
organized for the purpose of restoration and
preservation of this historic gem.
Tax . . . — — Map (db m104980) HM
On East Orange Avenue (County Road 48) at South Old Floral City Road, on the right when traveling east on East Orange Avenue.
In 1863 John Paul Formy-Duval and his wife Elizabeth Ann Trantham bought land from Allen Munden and began building their home. During the process of construction, the Duvals discovered that they had been building their house a few hundred yards . . . — — Map (db m119137) HM
On East Orange Avenue / South Duval Island Drive east of South Shore Acres Point, on the right when traveling east.
It’s July 24, 1539…
Hernando de Soto’s army has set up camp at a nearby Indian village, Tocaste -
I moved ahead with a small scouting party. Just north of the village, we discovered a broad road, which I believe may be the entrance . . . — — Map (db m126576) HM
Near South Istachatta Road (County Road 39) at East Thomas Road.
Whistle markers were placed along the track ¼ mile before every road crossing, in both directions. They alerted the engineer to blow his train whistle. The horizontal bars on this concrete whistle marker — two wide, one narrow, one wide — tell the . . . — — Map (db m156006) HM
