On Constitution Drive (U.S. 98) at Gautier Memorial Lane, on the right when traveling north on Constitution Drive. Reported missing.
Florida's first railroad was constructed for the Lake Wimico & St. Joseph Canal & Railroad Company. Work began in 1835 and the first train ran in March 1836. The line extended nine miles from St. Joseph to Lake Wimico. The state's first steam . . . — — Map (db m129676) HM
Near Garrison Avenue (Florida Route 384), on the right when traveling south.
The fenced portion of Old St. Joseph Cemetery constitutes only a small part of the original burial ground of the city of Old St. Joseph (1835-1841). Mass burial sites of yellow fever victims lie in unmarked graves.
The surrounding area was . . . — — Map (db m147101) HM
On Garrison Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Madison Avenue (County Route 384), on the right when traveling south.
This site is one of three cemeteries of Saint Joseph. Many persons interred here were victims of yellow fever which plagued the city throughout July and August, 1841, causing its depopulation and abandonment. The dread disease, sparing neither rich . . . — — Map (db m167037) HM
On Monument Avenue (U.S. 98) at Cecil G. Costin, Sr. Boulevard (Florida Route 71), on the left when traveling north on Monument Avenue.
With completion of St. Joseph & Lake Wimico Railroad, 1836, movement of cotton to shipside at St. Joseph, from the foremost cotton producing territory in the world, began here, thence to domestic and foreign ports. As a result, the young village . . . — — Map (db m167038) HM
On Eighth Street, 0.1 miles east of Monument Avenue (U.S. 98), on the right when traveling east.
This Church Edifice was dedicated by The Right Reverend Bishop Allen and served the Catholic community for 34 years previous to dedication of the new Catholic facility in 1959.
The building was purchased in 1970 by the Port St. Joe Garden Club . . . — — Map (db m238181) HM
Near Garrison Avenue, 0.2 miles Madison Avenue (County Route 384).
The following persons are believed to be buried here:
Dr. Thomas H. Thompson, native of Charlestown
Editor of the Apalachicola Advertiser~1840
George Clark, of Boston~1841
Henry Langley, of Georgetown, Washington, D.C.~1844
Captain George . . . — — Map (db m167115) HM
On Cape San Blas Road, 1.1 miles west of State Road 30A, on the right when traveling west.
A major Confederate saltworks, with daily capacity of 150 bushels, before completion, was located 200 feet north. Brick foundations were salvaged from ruins of the old City of St. Joseph. Salt processed by evaporation of seawater was one of . . . — — Map (db m27029) HM
This memorial is to commemorate the birth of the State of Florida and the assembling of the first Constitutional Convention of this state convened in a building then standing upon this spot in the Year of our Lord 1838.
All men are equal before . . . — — Map (db m62107) HM
On Columbus Street (U.S. 98) at Beacon Road, on the right when traveling east on Columbus Street.
(Front): In 1717, on this site, the French began erecting Fort Crèvecoeur within Spanish domain. On February 8, 1718, Jean-Baptiste Lémoyne de Bienville, acting Governor of Louisiana, dispatched his brother, Lémoyne de Châteagué to complete . . . — — Map (db m8164) HM
On North 2nd Street at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North 2nd Street.
The South Portion of Calhoun County was cut out in 1925 to form Gulf County. Wewahitchka was chosen as the county seat. The first county business was transacted in a local business house until this court house was built in 1927, and served until the . . . — — Map (db m101782) HM
On East River Road just east of Seasome Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Third Steam railroad in Florida. Began operations in May, 1839. Built to transport cotton from Iola, located at Tennessee Bluff on the Apalachicola River, to the city of St. Joseph, 28 miles distant. The gauge was five feet. Baldwin locomotives . . . — — Map (db m129675) HM
On North 2nd Street at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North 2nd Street.
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Fort Place, or Richard's Fort, five miles south, erected in the early 1800's is considered as the forerunner of Wewahitchka. People lived in the area earlier. Wewahitchka (Indian name for water eyes), first permanent settlement in . . . — — Map (db m101420) HM
