Early Settlers of the Pleasant River

American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976

Early Settlers of the Pleasant River Known to Have Been in Action Against the British During the Revolution of 1775 to 1783

[Honor Roll of Veterans]

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and the Pleasant River, on ...

Earleton, Florida

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Earleton is named for General Elias B. Earle (1821-1893) who received government land grants in Florida for his service in the U.S./Mexican War (1846-48). Born into a prominent South Carolina family, Gen. Earle fought in the Palmetto Regiment, ...

National Historic Landmark-Green Hills farm-Pearl S. Buck

National Historic Landmark- Pearl S. Buck-Green Hills Farm

From 1933 until her death, this was the principal residence of noted American novelist Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), the only American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Buck purchased this farm ...

Grover and Pearl Koons House

The Florida Academy of African American Culture is located in this house that was occupied by Grover and Pearl Koons between 1927 and 1930. The house is an excellent example of a Mediterranean Revival style bungalow.

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Earliest Church

The Stanford Presbyterian Church, founded 1788 on this site, on Old Wilderness Trail. Land given by Mary Briggs, sister of Gen. Benjamin Logan. Church moved to its present site, 1838; land given by Logan, one of founders. In 1797, David ...

Site of Early Methodist Church

Early Methodist Episcopal Church c.a. 1832. Ground given for church use and free burial plot. Deeded in 1834 by Mathias Hook. Hookstown's founder and a Revolutionary soldier who is buried here Summer subscription school held here in 1859.

Marker can be ...

Early Boundary Line

1630 - 1930

Boundary line between Norfolk and Plymouth Counties, originally established in 1640 as the boundary between the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth.

Marker is on Country Way 0.1 miles south of Mordecal Lincoln Road, on the left when ...

Early Gold Mining

Placer gold was discovered along Coker Creek in 1831. For a time there was feverish digging; $80,000 of Coker Creek gold was mined between 1831 and 1854. Since then there has been sporadic mining here.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

The Early Years

[Text on Marker]:

Navy Hall originally consisted of a small shipyard, storehouses, residences and docks which served as a depot for local supplies; it also served as a trans-shipment point for the posts on the upper Great Lakes. From 1792 ...

Early Smithy

On this corner site stood

first Bellevue Blacksmith

shop, from 1885 to 1925.

Started by Julius Zander,

followed by Julius Zemke.

Marker is on Broadway near Fairview Ave., on the right when traveling west.

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