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14 historical markers in Florida

Dr. Applegate House

Green Cove Springs, FL

Originally from Indiana, Dr. Joseph W. Applegate moved to Florida after the Civil War to work with the Freedmen's Bureau at Magnolia...

Fort Heilman

Middleburg, FL

Fort Heilman, named after Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Julius F. Heilman, was built in the mid 1830's at the spot where the north and south...

Fort San Fransisco De Pupo

Green Cove Springs, FL

Pupo is first mentioned in 1716 as the place where the trail from the Franciscan Indian Missions in Apalachee (present-day Tallahassee)...

General Roy Stanley Geiger, United States Marines Corps

Middleburg, FL

Roy Stanley Geiger, the “Father of Marine Corps Aviation,” was born on January 25, 1885, in his family home on what is now the campus of...

Green Cove Springs

Green Cove Springs, FL

High ground along the river and a flowing mineral spring drew the first inhabitants to this area some 7000 years ago, but historic...

Middleburg

Middleburg, FL

Middleburg developed in the early 1800s as a transportation center linking the St. Johns River with the peninsular interior.

Middleburg Methodist Church

Middleburg, FL

Founded on or before July 27, 1828 by Isaac Boring, a Methodist Circuit Riding Preacher.

Old Clay County Courthouse

Green Cove Springs, FL

When Clay County was created in 1858 by the Florida Legislature, Middleburg was named as temporary county seat.

Orange Park

Orange Park was the site of a cotton and citrus British plantation, Laurel Grove, which was established by William and Rebecca Pengree...

Orange Park Normal And Industrial School Site

The 1885 Florida Constitution mandated the segregated education of black and white students in public schools.

Orange Park Normal And Industrial School Site

The 1885 Florida Constitution mandated the segregated education of black and white students in public schools.

The Bellamy Road

Keystone Heights, FL

The Old Bellamy Road intersects Highway 100 near this point.

The Keystone Inn

Keystone Heights, FL

Side One: The Lawrence Developing Company built the three-story, 38-room Keystone Inn at a cost of $50,000.

Village Improvement Association Women's Club

Green Cove Springs, FL

On February 20, 1883, the Village Improvement Association (V.I.A.) of Green Cove Springs was organized.

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