Manatee
Adams And Rogers Cemeteries
Bradenton, FL
Adams Cemetery, once known as the Fogartyville Colored Cemetery, began in 1896 when William H. and Eliza Atzeroth Forgarty donated four...
Atzeroth Home Site
Terra Ceia Island, FL
Side 1: This is the home site of Joe and Madam Joe Atzeroth, first permanent settlers of Terra Ceia Island.
Braden Castle Ruins
Bradenton, FL
Dr. Joseph Addison Braden, physician and native Virginian, came from Tallahassee to the Manatee River in the early 1840's. By 1850 he had...
Bradenton Depot
Bradenton, FL
The Atlantic Coastline Railroad Company Passenger and Freight Depot Bradentown Florida, built c. 1925, became the Bradenton Depot when...
First Manatee County Courthouse / Manatee Methodist Church-Established 1849
Bradenton, FL
Side 1: Manatee County was created by legislative action signed January 9, 1855, from Hillsborough, St. Lucie, and Monroe Counties.
First Settler's Homesite
Bradenton, FL
Side 1: Located a few yards from this spot near the banks of the Manatee River is the site of the log home of Josiah Gates.
Major Adams Cemetery
Bradenton, FL
This plot was donated by Major Alden Joseph Adams to the village of Manatee in 1892 "to be used as a burying ground forever.
Manatee Burying Ground
Bradenton, FL
This is one of the oldest organized burying grounds on the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Manatee Mineral Spring
Bradenton, FL
Here flowed a spring which had been used by Indians and was found by Manatee's first white settler, Josiah Gates, who settled nearby in...
Old Memphis Cemetery
Bradenton, FL
Palmetto’s historic Memphis neighborhood was originally plotted in 1904 by Robert F. Willis who sold lots to “a number of very desirable...
The Island Playhouse
Anna Maria, FL
The Island Playhouse is one of the oldest buildings on Anna Maria Island.
The Town Of Rye
Parrish, FL
Side One: Rye was once a thriving settlement along the Manatee River named after Erasmus Rye, who moved to the area in the mid-1840s from...