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City Point Community Church
Known as City Point, this area was settled shortly after t...
The Law School Burial Mound
100 yards west is an aboriginal burial mound built circa A...
Spanish Cattle Ranching
Present-day Gainesville was the center of a large Spanish ...
Santa Fe de Toloca
A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight o...
Roper Park - Old City Park
Roper Park is the original site of the parade grounds (in ...
Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church was founded on J...
Historic Haile Homestead At Kanapaha
One of the oldest houses in Alachua County, the Historic H...
UWF Historic Trust
In 1967, a Florida State Bill created the Pensacola Histor...
Fort Clarke
Near this site was located Fort Clarke, originally a U.S. ...
David Yulee and Cotton Wood Plantation
David Levy Yulee was born at St. Thomas, West Indies in 18...
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City Point Community Church
Known as City Point, this area was settled shortly after the Civil War by Confederate veterans, citrus grove workers, northern winter residents, and consumptives seeking a healthy climate. By early 1885, a board of trustees was formed consisting of William ...
The Law School Burial Mound
100 yards west is an aboriginal burial mound built circa A.D. 1000 by Alachua tradition peoples, ancestors of the Potano Indians who lived in Alachua County in the 16th and 17th centuries. Initially several individuals were buried in a central ...
Spanish Cattle Ranching
Present-day Gainesville was the center of a large Spanish cattle ranching industry, founded on the labor of native Timuqua Indians, during the 1600s. LaChua, largest of the ranches, was a Spanish corruption of an Indian word, and in turn was ...
Santa Fe de Toloca
A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town of Santa Fe. At one time, Santa ...
Roper Park - Old City Park
Roper Park is the original site of the parade grounds (in front of this site) and barracks (behind this site) for the East Florida Seminary, a non-sectarian educational institute and a forerunner of the University of Florida. James H. Roper ...
Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church was founded on July 16, 1867, with the Reverend Isaac Davis serving as the first pastor. The Board of Trustees of the oldest black congregation in Gainesville purchased the lot on which the present church ...
Historic Haile Homestead At Kanapaha
One of the oldest houses in Alachua County, the Historic Haile Homestead was the home of Thomas Evans Haile, his wife Esther Serena Chesnut Haile, and 14 of their children. The Hailes came here from Camden, South Carolina in 1854 ...
UWF Historic Trust
In 1967, a Florida State Bill created the Pensacola Historical Preservation and Restoration Commission. This organization, independent from the government, was mandated to “acquire, restore, preserve, maintain, reconstruct, reproduce, and operate for the use, benefit, education, recreation, enjoyment, and general welfare if the ...
Fort Clarke
Near this site was located Fort Clarke, originally a U.S. Army post during the Seminole War, and afterwards a settlement. The name is preserved in nearby Fort Clarke Church. At this site crossed the early settlement and military road connecting ...
David Yulee and Cotton Wood Plantation
David Levy Yulee was born at St. Thomas, West Indies in 1810. He attended school in Virginia from 1819 until 1827 when he went to Micanopy to work on one of the plantations of his father, Moses Elias Levy. He ...
