Historical Markers and War Memorials in High Springs, Florida
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High Springs is in Alachua County
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The construction of this road was authorized by the 18th Congress and approved February 28, 1824. The section from Tallahassee to St. Augustine was built by John Bellamy and followed the Old Spanish Road. — — Map (db m93361) HM
(front)
In Honor of
those who served
in time of war
A mighty mother turns in tears
the pages of her battle years
lamenting all her Fallen sons
Erected by
Gordon Rimes Post 97
The American Legion
October 11, 1980 . . . — — Map (db m81993) WM
Residents of High Springs saw the need for a public school for African Americans in 1886. By 1902, black students moved into the Red Schoolhouse, a two-story wood frame building previously constructed as a school for whites. White students moved . . . — — Map (db m151376) HM
It’s August 15, 1539…
Hernando de Soto and his scouts arrive at the Indian village of Cholupaha. It lies along the present-day Santa Fe River, which runs through here –
My Men captured several Indians and questioned them . . . — — Map (db m126582) HM
The northwest region of Alachua County was probably first settled on a permanent basis by English
speaking people during the late 1830's. One of the earliest settlements in the vicinity was at Crockett
Springs, located about three miles east . . . — — Map (db m220547) HM
This old passenger depot, built c. 1910, is all that remains of the vast railroad complex located southwest of downtown that made High Springs a bustling railroad center for nearly 50 years. In 1895 the Plant Railroad System chose the town as the . . . — — Map (db m54911) HM
Near this point, the Bellamy Road crossed the Santa Fe River. The road was named for its builder, John Bellamy, a civil engineer. Approved by Congress in 1824 and completed in 1826, it was the first Federally funded road in Florida, connecting St. . . . — — Map (db m155320) HM
