Fort Thompson State Historical Marker

A State Historical Marker is located at the site of Fort Thompson, which was constructed in the late 1830s on the Caloosahatchee River for use as a military supply post during the Second Seminole War. During the Civil War, the ...

Miranda Home State Historical Marker

Civil War Heritage Trail

A State Historical Marker for the Miranda Home is

located in the vicinity of the home of Abel Miranda

who, with his brothers-in-law John and William Bethell,

ran a successful fishing operation in Big Bayou. Miranda

and the Bethells were ...

Greenwood Cemetery - St. Petersburg

Often called the Veteran's Cemetery due to the number of Civil War soldiers and sailors buried here, this cemetery contains the remains of at least 100 Confederate and Union veterans.

In 1900, two monuments were constructed at the center of the ...

Woodlawn Cemetery

This cemetery contains side by side plots of Confederate and Union veterans each with their own monument. The Confederate monument was erected in 1913 by the United Confederate Veterans and lists the names of the 30 veterans buried there.

The ...

Blockade Runners & Battle of Ballast Point Historical Markers

A City Historical Marker for Union Raiders Burn Tampa Blockade Runners and a County Historical Marker for Battlefield tell the story of the Hillsborough River Raid and the ensuing Battle of Ballast Point. In October 1863, as the Union vessels ...

Historic Oaklawn Cemetery

Oaklawn opened in 1859 as Tampa's first public cemetery. The first person buried here was an unnamed slave who was owned by the Lesley family. A slave burial ground is located in the center, along with grave sites of prominent ...

Confederate Monument - Tampa

Originally located on the grounds of the Old Hillsborough County Courthouse, the monument was erected in 1911 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

In 1952, the monument was moved to its current location upon the completion of the new courthouse ...

East Hillsborough Historical Society Museum

Located in the restored 1914 Plant City High School building, the East Hillsborough Historical Society is dedicated to the preservation of the historical and cultural heritage of Plant City and eastern Hillsborough County.

The Society maintains a museum and the ...

The Old Courthouse Heritage Museum

Formed in 1963, the Citrus County Historical Society, Inc. exists to preserve and further the knowledge of the history and pre-history of Citrus County and nearby areas and, since 1985, has been located in the restored 1912 Old Citrus County ...

The Florida Historical Society-Cocoa

Founded in 1856 in St. Augustine, the primary mission of the Florida Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and publish materials relating to the history of Florida and its peoples. After a period of inactivity during the Civil War and ...