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Annie Tommie's Camp
Seminole matriarch Annie Jumper Tommie and her family established a Panther clan camp c. 1902 on a site located on the north fork of the...
Branhilda Richardson Knowles Memorial Park And Historic Cemetery
Deerfield Beach, FL
Born in the Bahamas in 1898, Branhilda Richardson Knowles immigrated to the Deerfield Beach area in 1922.
Colored Beach At Dr. Von D. Mizell - Eula Johnson State Park
Dania Beach, FL
African Americans living in South Florida in the early part of the 20th century drove from as far away as Palm Beach and Miami to use...
Colored Beach At John U. Lloyd St. Park
Dania Beach, FL
African Americans living in South Florida in the earlier part of the 20th century drove from as far away as Palm Beach and Miami to use...
Coral Springs Covered Bridge
Coral Springs, FL
The Covered Bridge was the first permanent structure built within the City by Coral Ridge Properties, developer of Coral Springs, in 1964.
Denison Family Homesite/ Broward Marine
Honeymooning here in 1948, Frank and Gertrude Denison purchased the shipyard on this site known as Dooley’s Boat Basin, renaming it...
Evergreen Cemetery, Established 1910
Many Civil War veterans are buried at Evergreen Cemetery in addition to the founding families of Fort Lauderdale including the Stranahans...
First Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Deerfield Beach, FL
The settlement of Deerfield was founded on the southeast coast of Florida with the coming of Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railroad...
Fort Lauderdale Beaches Wade-Ins
On July 4, 1961, local NAACP president Eula Johnson and black physician Dr. Von D. Mizell began a series of nationally publicized...
Historic Liberia
Hollywood, FL
Side One: Hollywood-by-the-Sea, unlike most historic towns which grew and evolved over time, was envisioned and designed by one man:...
North Woodlawn Cemetery
During racial segregation, Fort Lauderdale’s African American community was restricted to the northwest quadrant of the city.
North Woodlawn Cemetery
During racial segregation, Fort Lauderdale's African American community was restricted to the northwest quadrant of the city.
Old Davie School
Davie, FL
This historic structure was the first permanent school in the Everglades and is now Broward County’s oldest existing school building.
Parker Playhouse
The Parker Playhouse, built on land provided by the City of Fort Lauderdale in Holiday Park, opened in 1967.
Pompano Beach Mound
Pompano Beach, FL
Side One: The Pompano Beach Indian Mound is a prehistoric sand burial mound that was used by the Tequesta tribe and their ancestors for...
Rivermont
Rivermont is an archaeological site part of what was once a large prehistoric site complex located on the north bank of the New River,...
Robert Roscioli- Leader In The South Florida Marine Industry
Davie, FL
Robert “Bob” Roscioli moved to south Florida from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his family in 1956.
Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol
Pompano Beach, FL
The recreation area encompassed by Colony Club Road, during World War II, was the site of the corrals and paddocks for the United States...
The First Fort Lauderdale
The prehistoric peoples of Fort Lauderdale, commonly known as the Tequesta, occupied camps as early as 500 BCE in the area now known as...
The Second Fort Lauderdale
During the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), there were three military posts named “Fort Lauderdale” along the New River.
The Wray House Museum
Davie, FL
Floyd L. and Jane Wray founded Flamingo Gardens, originally Flamingo Groves, in 1927.
William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite School
Deerfield Beach, FL
In 1906, Deerfield Beach established Colored School #9 to educate African American children prevented from attending white-only schools...