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Florida Department of State, R.A. Gray Building
The Florida Memory Project presents a selection of histori...
Thomas Gilbert Pearson
Thomas Gilbert Pearson was an ornithologist, college profe...
The Law School Burial Mound
100 yards west is an aboriginal burial mound built circa A...
The Bailey House
This is one of the oldest houses in the city of Gainesvill...
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 ...
Newnansville Town Site
At the end of 1824, Alachua County was organized as a poli...
Newnansville
Two miles to the north, Newnansville was the seat of Alach...
Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church was founded on J...
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Florida Department of State, R.A. Gray Building
The Florida Memory Project presents a selection of historical records that illustrate significant moments in Florida history, educational resources for students of all ages and archival collections for historical research. Among the collections are the Spanish Land Grants, the confirmed ...
Thomas Gilbert Pearson
Thomas Gilbert Pearson was an ornithologist, college professor, and world leader of the bird preservation movement. Pearson grew up in Archer, where he collected bird skins and eggs and taught himself ornithology. To pay for his schooling at Guilford College ...
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 ...
The Bailey House
This is one of the oldest houses in the city of Gainesville. It was constructed about 1850 by Major James B. Bailey, a prominent citizen of Alachua County. Bailey was a leading proponent of moving the county seat away from ...
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 ...
Newnansville Town Site
At the end of 1824, Alachua County was organized as a political unit of the new Territory of Florida. The Seminole inhabitants of the Alachua region had recently been ordered to a reservation, and land was available there for white ...
Newnansville
Two miles to the north, Newnansville was the seat of Alachua County and center of trade and plantation life in the antebellum period. Its chief products were corn, cotton, and, after the War Between the States, citrus. In 1856 the ...
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 ...
