On State Park Road, 0.6 miles south of Jouner Road, on the left when traveling west.
Park development started in 1963 on this hill, which has an elevation of 322 feet and a limestone base. A stream flowing from the hill plunges over a cliff and disappears through an underground channel. Some sinks and caverns are near the falls, . . . — — Map (db m73295) HM
On West Jackson Avenue (U.S. 90) at West Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on West Jackson Avenue.
Kudzu, brought to this country from Asia as an ornamental, was developed near here in the early part of the Twentieth Century and given to the world as a soil-saving, high-protein forage plant by Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Pleas. The fast-growing, . . . — — Map (db m73294) HM
On South 3rd Street at Jackson Avenue (U.S. 90), on the right when traveling south on South 3rd Street.
Designated a Historic District in 1989. This street is one of the first residential areas in Chipley. Though a railroad town in the beginning, Chipley was, and remains primarily an agricultural center. Notable due to the array of late 19th & 20th . . . — — Map (db m110516) HM
On North Main Street (Florida Route 77) just north of Old Bonifay Road, on the right when traveling north.
This house was built in 1906 by Edward Jacob and Georgia Ophelia Stokes. This one-story frame structure with Queen Anne Cottage architectural elements embodies a residential building style popular in northern Florida between 1880 and 1910. Its . . . — — Map (db m244289) HM
On County Route 284 at County Route 280, on the right when traveling south on County Route 284.
The desire to homestead some land brought two brothers, Harrison and Joshua Hinson, to this place. In approximately 1887, the two brothers, along with Joshua's oldest son, Oscar, brought five hogs to this area. They explored the land, released the . . . — — Map (db m200364) HM
On Moss Hill Road (County Road 279) 3.6 miles south of Main Street (State Road 79), on the right when traveling south.
Early settlers, attracted by the fertile Coosada (later Holmes) Old Fields, established a log schoolhouse Methodist mission near here soon after Spain ceded Florida to the United Stated in 1820. The first Methodist ministerial assignment between the . . . — — Map (db m73292) HM
On Holmes Valley Road, 0.2 miles east of Reno Road, on the left when traveling east.
Washington County was a center for Native American activity for thousands of years and became the scene of military action during the Creek War of 1813-1814 & First Seminole War of 1817-1818. A Red Stick chief named Holms (Holmes) left Alabama . . . — — Map (db m148539) HM
On Shady Grove Road just east of Florida Route 79, on the left when traveling south.
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In the 1950s, there was a broad effort in the South to expand African American education and preserve the dual school system. To centralize the education of African American students in Vernon and the surrounding area, the Washington . . . — — Map (db m200357) HM
On Court Avenue at Yellow Jacket Drive, on the right when traveling west on Court Avenue.
In 1931, during the Great Depression, Vernon High School was constructed for white students in grades one through twelve with eight classrooms, offices, and an auditorium. In 1947, four junior-high and nine elementary classrooms were added, which . . . — — Map (db m199929) HM
On Main Street (State Road 79) at Roche Avenue (State Road 277), on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
In the 1820s, settlers arrived in the area around present-day Vernon. One of the earliest was Stephen J. Roche who built a trading post on Holmes Creek and called it “Roche’s Bluff.” The town of Vernon developed near the trading post. On . . . — — Map (db m73293) HM
