This region was originally the land of the Timucuan Indians. Suwannee County was created in 1858. The county seat was removed from its original site at Houston to Live Oak in 1868 because of the latter's superior geographical position and railroad . . . — — Map (db m125973) HM
After the Civil War began in 1861, it became critical for the Confederacy to have north and south running railroads to connect existing Florida and Georgia lines to bypass Union blockades at Florida ports. The Confederate government ordered . . . — — Map (db m96933) HM
Dedicated November 25, 2003 in memory of Lynnette Shore Ricketson, owner and caretaker of the Suwannee Democrat. She loved deeply, lived for those and the community she loved, gave freely of herself to those in need and believed a newspaper belongs . . . — — Map (db m93359) HM
This memorial is erected in recognition of all veterans of Suwannee County who served their Country in times of war and peace.
Erected in honored memory by the citizens of Suwannee County AD 1975 — — Map (db m230063) WM
Its specific identity lost to time and the Suwannee River, the Luraville Locomotive is one of the nation's oldest "iron horse" steam locomotives. Most likely built between 1850 and 1855, the oft-modified 10-ton, wood-burning American 4-4-0 steam . . . — — Map (db m67648) HM
David Lang was born on May 9, 1838 in Camden County, Georgia. After graduating from the Georgia Military Academy in 1857, he moved to Florida and worked as a surveyor for Suwannee County. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private and . . . — — Map (db m79580) HM
Christmas Hemming was born into slavery in Duval County. On January 3,
1885, he paid $1,100 for 640 acres in Suwannee County. Hemming, along
with his wife, Annie Jane, and son, Handy, started a farm where they
raised livestock and grew several . . . — — Map (db m297562) HM
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The Florida Institute, renamed Florida Memorial College in 1918, was established on this site in 1879. It stood as a lighthouse of promise for generations of African Americans. After the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, there were few . . . — — Map (db m199932) HM
(left panel) The Luraville Locomotive is a rare example of the early American wood-burning “Iron Horses,” which helped carve the United States out of the wilderness in the pre-Civil War era.
The Eight-wheeled, 10-ton engine . . . — — Map (db m131838) HM
The Caretakers and the Tenants
V. M. "Brownie" Moses and Vera Sapp Moses were business leaders and active citizens in Suwannee County from 1949 to 1990. They were well known in the livestock circles in Florida, having operated Moses Livestock . . . — — Map (db m264345) HM
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This is the site of the Douglass Center, a consolidated school complex that offered elementary, junior, and high school level classes to African American students. The center's origin can be traced back to the Reconstruction era. . . . — — Map (db m127265) HM
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