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.

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Chestnut Street Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of at least 76 Confederate soldiers and sailors, including local veterans such as the three

Raney brothers and William Orman, as well as veterans of Confederate units from other states such as Georgia, Texas, and Virginia.

A ...

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 ...

St. Andrew Bay Saltworks-Historical Marker

Between 1861 and 1865, the St. Andrew Bay Saltworks, one of the largest producers of salt in the South, contributed to the Confederate cause by providing salt, fish and cattle for southern troops and citizens.

A necessary preservative in those ...

Confederate Salt Kettle-Oaks by the Bay Park

A major contribution of Florida to the Confederate war effort was the production of salt. Salt was necessary for preserving meat and other perishable foods but could not be imported due to the Union blockade.

Produced by boiling sea water ...

Pensacola Navy Yard

Two Civil War era buildings from the Pensacola Navy Yard, a storehouse and the combination chapel/armory building, remain on what is now part of Pensacola Naval Air Station.

The Navy Yard's brick boundary wall, gatehouses, bulkhead, and wet basin from ...

New York City Lower East Side

Simmer together borscht, matzo, strudel, tortillas, pasta, corned beef, eggrolls, and you get a unique American stew. Melting Pot describes the densely packed four square miles of New York City's Manhattan Island called the Lower East Side.

Inhabited by Indians, ...

Hyer-Knowles Planing Mill Chimney Park

Constructed around 1854 on land owned by lumber manufacturer and merchant Henry Hyer, the Hyer-Knowles Planing Mill was one of the many lumber mills built in the Pensacola area prior to the Civil War.

In addition to planed lumber, the mill ...

Pensacola Children's Museum (Arbona Building)

From 1885-1905, Eugene Arbona ran the Gulf Saloon and Restaurant from the newly constructed Arbona Building.  While the saloon remained downstairs, the Arbona family lived upstairs. Eugene Arbona deeded the building to his daughter, Fannie Arbona, who owned the building ...

Fort Pickens - Florida

Fort Pickens is one of a number of fortifications that protected naval facilities located inside Pensacola Bay. The name is in honor of Revolutionary War hero General Andrew Pickens of South Carolina.

The Pensacola Navy Yard was begun in 1825, ...