Marabangong

Thomas Basnett, a noted astronomer from England, built Marabanong. In 1880, he married Eliza Wilber (1850-1930), a scientist and inventor from New York who was the first woman to lecture science students at Harvard.

While living at Marabanong, Eliza Wilbur ...

Jessie Ball duPont Park

Jessie Ball duPont (1884-1970) and her husband, Alfred, became winter residents of Jacksonville in 1927. The duPonts and Jessie's brother, Edward Ball, had many business interests in Florida. She was personally involved in the Florida National Bank, the St. Joe ...

Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach

Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, this windswept park is named for Florida folk singer Gamble Rogers. The beach is the most popular feature at this park, where visitors enjoy swimming, sunbathing, beachcombing or fishing. The daily ...

Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens

Nina M.H. Cummer (1875-1958) was instrumental in developing and nurturing the arts in Jacksonville. She commissioned the Olmsted Brothers firm to design Memorial Park in Riverside and founded the Garden Club of Jacksonville.

Cummer is best known as the founder of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park

U.S. Air Force Colonel Fred Gannon was instrumental in transforming this site from a bombing practice range during World War II to a picturesque state park. The property now preserves beautiful old-growth longleaf pine trees, several over 300 years old, ...

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 ...

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 ...