Cotton Wood Plantation State Historical Marker

A State Historical Marker for David Yulee and Cotton Wood Plantation is located about one mile southwest of the location of Yulee's plantation. David Levy Yulee was the developer of the Florida Railroad and was serving as United States Senator ...

Confederate Monument-DeFuniak Springs

Located on the lawn of the county courthouse, the Walton County

Confederate monument is apparently Florida's first stone memorial to the Confederacy. The monument was originally erected in 1871 at the Euchee Valley Presbyterian Church by the Walton County Female ...

Bagdad Village Museum and Complex

Housed in the restored c.1886 New Providence Missionary Baptist Church building, the Bagdad Village Preservation Association Museum contains exhibits on local history including a Civil War exhibit with period artifacts and photographs.

www.bagdadvillage.org

Information Provided by Florida Department of State.

Fort Walton Beach Heritage Park & Cultural Center

This city park includes the prehistoric Fort Walton Temple Mound, the Indian Temple Mound Museum, and two early 20th century historic structures. In April 1861, the local Confederate military unit, the Walton Guards, established Camp Walton at the base of ...

Torreya State Park

High bluffs overlooking the Apalachicola River make Torreya one of Florida's most scenic places. The park is named for an extremely rare species of Torreya tree that only grows on the bluffs along the Apalachicola River.

A Confederate battery of ...

Davis-West House-Chipola Historical Trust Museum

Constructed around 1840 for local merchant John Davis, it became the home of Dr. Theophilus West upon his marriage to Davis' widowed daughter in March 1861.

In May 1861, Dr. West enlisted in the 8th Florida Infantry, and in July ...

Cape St. George Lighthouse

Completed in 1852 to replace the earlier 1848 lighthouse destroyed during a hurricane in 1851, the lighthouse was located at the southern tip of what is now Little St. George Island.

At the beginning of the Civil War, Confederate authorities ...

Trinity Episcopal Church-Apalachicola

This church is believed to be one of the first prefabricated buildings in Florida, having been prepared in New York andsent by ship to Apalachicola where it was assembled in 1837.

During the Civil War, it is reported that the ...

Orman House Historic State Park

Using lumber pre-measured and cut at Syracuse, New York and shipped to Florida, businessman Thomas Orman built this house overlooking Scipio Creek and the Apalachicola River in 1838. The House was used for both business and social gatherings.

Having arrived ...

Apalachicola

By the time of the Civil War, Apalachicola was Florida's largest cotton port and the third largest cotton port on the entire Gulf of Mexico coast behind only New Orleans and Mobile. An active area for blockade running, Union naval ...