Fort Stanton

Fort Stanton, located by the Bonito River at an elevation of over 6,000 feet, was built by the Army in the 1850s to protect settlers from local Indian tribes. An Army wife described the fort as “a beautiful post, with ...

Frank Sanchez

Frank Sanchez 1835-1877

Little is known of Frank Sanchez, even though he left behind one of the most distinctive markers in the cemetery. Sanchez was born in 1835 in San Antonio, Texas, and died in 1877 in Warrington, Florida. A ...

Francisco Moreno

Don Francisco Moreno 1793-1885

"The King of Pensacola"

Born in Pensacola on November 25th, 1793, Don Francisco Moreno was known as "The King of Pensacola" thanks to his wealth, influence in the community, and impressive number of descendants. Over the 92 ...

Ventura Flores

Ventura Flores 1836-1891

Ventura Flores was born in Cadiz, Spain, in 1836. He lived at 230 West Zarragossa Street, which meant that he lived within two blocks of the waterfront. The waterline was much closer to Main Street throughout the ...

Maria Josefa Martinez

Maria Josefa Martinez 1800-1823

A gravestone inscription in Spanish provides most of the extant information about Dona Maria Josefa Martinez's life. She was born on October 22nd, 1800, in Pensacola, Florida. She married Don Juan Brosnaham in 1816 and they ...

Josefa Moreno

Dona Josefa Lopez Moreno 1793-1820

Dona Josefa Lopez Moreno was born in Pensacola in 1793 to Don Joseph Anthony Lopez and Dona Maria Victoria Calder. In 1815, she married Don Francisco Moreno, a man who later gained the informal title ...

Fort McRee

At the eastern end of Perdido Key is an area once used by the U.S. Army to defend Pensacola Bay. A three-tiered fort with a detached water battery called Fort McRee was built there between 1834 and 1839.

During the ...

Seacrest Wolf Preserve

Founded in 1999, the Seacrest Wolf Preserve is a non-profit organization located on 400 acres within Washington County, FL and serves the community through its efforts in preserving the wolf for future generations. Empowered by their creed the preserve aims ...

Grand Haven Musical Fountain

Before May 30, 1963 the boardwalk of Grand Haven was rather lifeless and boring. In fact the boardwalk itself did not exist. Then, the city had an idea. They would build an attraction that would bring tourists from around the ...

Bank of Montreal

“The Bank of Montreal is situated between Wellington and Sparks streets, opposite to Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The Bank of Montreal, Ottawa, was built in 1930-32 to designs by Ernest Barott of Barott and Blackader, architects, of Montreal. For its ...