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JT&KW Railroad & Indian River Steamboat Wharf, 1885

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Titusville, Florida.
Arriving in 1885, the first railroad to Titusville was a 35-mile stretch of track from Enterprise on a line of the Jacksonville, Tampa, and Key West Railroad, the JT&KW. The tracks ran down the middle of Broad Street’s . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mitchell Monument Shrapnel Tree

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Bly, Oregon.
Pinus ponderosa When a Japanese balloon bomb exploded at this site, Elsie Mitchell and her Sunday school class of five children, out on an early spring fishing outing, were killed. They were the only World War II casualties . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Steamboat Pioneer, 1877

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Titusville, Florida.
Not far from this spot lie the burned remains of the steamboat Pioneer, the first commercial passenger steamboat on the Indian River. The Pioneer was the flagship of Captain T.J. Lund’s Pioneer Steamboat Company, formed in . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Slave Cemetery

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Mount Vernon, Virginia.
There are no records that document the number of enslaved or free African-Americans who are buried in this cemetery. From oral histories and a handful of early 19th-century visitor accounts, estimates range from 100-150 . . .

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kitchen

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Mount Vernon, Virginia.
“A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready, and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome” George Washington, letter to George William Fairfax, June 26, 1786. The original kitchen was built in . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Aberdeen, South Dakota Civil War Memorial

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Aberdeen, South Dakota.
In memory of the soldiers and sailors of 1861—1865. Erected by Robert Anderson W.R.C. No 18. Mustered Out "Liberty has been bought with a great price" "The unselfish workers of our country" "They are beyond the reach of . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kedge Anchor

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Ponce Inlet, Florida.
This large simple-fluke anchor called a kedge was recovered by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Bahamas. These anchors were used in the islands on logging ships, to hold the stern seaward as they grounded the bow near shore in . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

16th Century Anchor

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Ponce Inlet, Florida.
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(Disasters • Exploration • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cuban Refugee Rafts

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Ponce Inlet, Florida.
Between 1966 and 1995, anyone who fled Cuba and reached the United States was allowed to pursue residency one year after their arrival. Many Cubans left the island in small boats and rafts, hoping to reach international . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Southern Gopher Tortoise

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Ponce Inlet, Florida.
The Gopher Tortoises living at the Light Station are descendants of tortoises that have lived here for generations. Several of them are well over 30 years old. These land animals are members of the: reptile family, and dig . . .

(Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Principal Keeper's Dwelling

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Ponce Inlet, Florida.
This building was the home of the Station’s Principal Keeper and his family. It also contained the Light Station office and library. The U.S. Lighthouse Service Principal Keepers who served here are: William R. Rowlinski . . .

(Notable Buildings • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The 1890 Bratton Store/The 1912 Cortez Rural Graded Schoolhouse

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Cortez, Florida.
(side 1) The 1890 Bratton Store In the 1890s, William C. Bratton built the first commercial building at Hunter's Point, the original name of the area eventually to be called Cortez. The building served as post office, . . .

(Education • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edmund Lee Family Graveyard and the Lonesome Grave/William R. Whitaker House

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Bradenton, Florida.
(side 1) Edmund Lee Family Graveyard and the Lonesome Grave According to local history, members of the Lee family are buried here. Rev. Edmund Lee, a Presbyterian Minister, his wife Electa, and their daughter Sarah, came to . . .

(Architecture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Terra Ceia School/Village Improvement Association Hall

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Terra Ceia, Florida.
(side 1) Terra Ceia School The first school on Terra Ceia was held in the parlor of the W.H. Abel home on Bayshore Drive. In 1894, residents built a wooden one-room schoolhouse here on Center Road. It was designed and built . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Atzeroth Home Site

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Terra Ceia, Florida.
(side 1) This is the home site of Joe and Madam Joe Atzeroth, first permanent settlers of Terra Ceia Island. With their daughter Eliza, a physician friend, and dog Bonaparte, they arrived via Tampa April 12, 1843. Living . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grace United Methodist Church

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Designed by New York architecture firm Carrere and Hastings in the Spanish Renaissance Revival style, the building is an example of Henry Flagler's influence on the built environment of St.Augustine. Furthermore, the poured . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Villa Zorayda

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Bostonian Franklin W. Smith designed and built the Villa as his winter residence. It is important for its distinct architectural design and construction method in addition to its role in the early tourism industry in St. . . .

(Architecture • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

King's Bakery

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St. Augustine, Florida.
This is the only known building with its origin in the British Period that exists in St. Augustine. Until Marine Street was developed, the Bakery was contiguous with the St. Francis Barracks property. The British converted . . .

(Architecture • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Four Centuries----Five Flags

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Spaniards first settled Florida permanently at the site of St. Augustine in 1565. They raised their vivid red and white flag to establish possession of the land for their king. The Spanish flag flew over the little garrison . . .

(Colonial Era • Exploration • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gonzalez-Alvarez House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
This building is significant because of the site's early Spanish Colonial history and architectural features that represent both Spanish periods and the British period. A significant restoration based in archaeological, . . .

(Architecture • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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