Chattahoochee Arsenal

Also known as the Mt. Vernon Arsenal (the community's early name) and the Apalachicola Arsenal (for the nearby river), the construction of the Chattahoochee Arsenal was authorized by Congress in 1832.

Completed in 1839, the arsenal consisted of 17 buildings ...

Oaklawn Cemetery

This hallowed ground set aside as a town

burial site in 1850 "for whites & slaves alike"

is the resting place for many of Tampa's founding fathers, mayors, and county officers.

A governor of Florida, two Supreme Court

Judges, framers ...

Lake City-Columbia County Historical Museum

This museum is housed in the restored c.1870 May Vinzant Perkins House. The house was the postwar residence of John Vinzant who served as a sergeant in the 1st Florida Cavalry which fought in the western theater. At the Third ...

Dickison and His Men-Jefferson Davis's Baggage

John Jackson Dickison (1816-1902), Florida's famous Civil War guerrilla leader, bivouacked at Camp Baker, south of here, during the closing weeks of the conflict. Dickison and his men became legendary figures. As Company H, Second Florida Cavalry, they

engaged in skirmishes, ...

Dudley Farm Historic State Park

This historic state park is a unique remaining example of a historic Florida farm from the mid-1800s. Located on a 333-acre site, this typical early Florida farm served three generations of the Dudley family. The patriarch, Philip Benjamin Dudley, Sr., ...

Oak Ridge Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of at least 105 Confederate soldiers and veterans, including Madison Starke Perry, Governor of Florida from October 1857 to October 1861. This includes the Confederate Section of the cemetery, which contains 31 graves with markers ...

P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History-University of Florida

The P.K. Yonge Library, in the George A. Smathers Libraries' Department of Special and Area Studies, is the state's preeminent Floridiana collection. It includes a diverse array of primary sources, and is the most comprehensive repository for early Florida newspapers. ...

Old Gainesville Depot

A portion of this building was constructed circa 1860. It is the only remaining Civil War railroad depot from the Florida Railroad line which ran from Fernandina to Cedar Key. During the Battle of Gainesville on August 17, 1864, Union ...

Haile Homestead at Kanapaha Plantation

The Thomas Evans Haile family moved from Camden, South Carolina to this site in 1854 to establish a 1,500-acre Sea Island cotton plantation which they named Kanapaha. Built by enslaved black craftsmen, the main house was completed in 1856.

During ...

Inna Evergreen Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of at least 65 Confederate veterans and at least three Union veterans. Confederate graves include those of Robert W. Davis, who was a veteran of the 5th Georgia Infantry, a U.S. Congressman from Florida and ...