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Gamble Plantation Historic State Park

This antebellum mansion was home to Major Robert Gamble and headquarters of an extensive sugar plantation. It is the only surviving plantation house in South Florida. It is believed that Confederate Secretary of State, Judah P. Benjamin, took refuge here ...

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Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail

Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail stretches 16 miles from the city of Gainesville's Boulware Springs Park through the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park and the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area. The recreational trail is designed for walking, cycling and horseback riding. Parking is ...

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Florida Sports Hall of Fame and Museum of Florida Sports History

"Florida Women's Heritage Trail"

Exhibits and video displays highlight some of Florida's great women athletes, including Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956), called the "Greatest Woman Athlete of the First Half of the 20th Century" by the Associated Press;

Althea Gibson (1927-present) ...

Spencer Bibbs School

The Spencer Bibbs Academy is named in honor of the first African American Supervisor of Colored Schools in Escambia County, Spencer Bibbs. Presently, the current building, located at 2005 North 6th Avenue, still operates as an elementary school.

In 1919, ...

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Crystal Ice House

The Crystal Icehouse served as an important part of Pensacola's Eastside Neighborhood. Following completion of the structure in 1932, the Icehouse served Pensacola households up until the 1950's.

In 1983, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic ...

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Historical Site

Florida Women's Heritage Trail

Cross Creek, the home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953), is where the world-famous author wrote her most popular books, "The Yearling" and "Cross Creek." Rawlings came to Cross Creek when she was 32 and drew the inspiration ...

Fort Pierce Inlet State Park

The shores and coastal waters at this park provide an abundance of recreational opportunities. The breathtakingly beautiful half-mile beach welcomes visitors for swimming, snorkeling, surfing, and scuba diving. Beachcombing, picnicking, or just relaxing on the sand are also popular activities. ...

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Robert Manning Strozier Library Florida State University

Florida Women's Heritage Trail

Lois Lenski (1893-1974) was an author and illustrator of almost 100 books and illustrated more than 50 books by other writers. In 1946 she won the coveted Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to literature ...

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Maclay State Gardens

Florida Women's Heritage Trail

This park was once part of a 3,760 acre hunting estate owned by Alfred B. Maclay (1871-1944), a New York financier. Maclay and his wife, Louise, designed the ornamental gardens for the property, including a Camellia Walk, ...

Bellevue Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science

Florida Women's Heritage Trail

Bellevue is the former home of Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat (1803-1867),great-grandniece of George Washington, widow of Achille Murat, Prince of Naples and nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Catherine bought the modest story-and-a-half house and 520 acres of ...

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