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Hawthorne Hotel – All You Need to Know in One Minute | Salem Spotlight
The Hawthorne Tree: Associated with the sacred and the unlucky. To destroy this tree puts the person who does so at great risk. It is symbolized as the Chalice as it too represents divine secrets and everlasting life.
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Golden sands and deep blue ocean. It is said to be less commerical than Daytona Beach.
Adventure Landing – Jacksonville, FL – September 2019
Beaches Museum & History Park in Jacksonville
You May Be Surprised To Learn These 10 Famous People Are From Jacksonville
Jacksonville: The British gained possession of Florida in 1763, the name was revived by American settlers of Spanish Florida in the early 1800’s. In 1822, under the urging of Isaiah D. Hart, a settler from south Georgia, a town site was surveyed. Newman, Market, Liberty, Washington Streets were laid out and named crossing these Bay, Forsyth, Adams, Monroe and Duval formed a 20 block area, Snodgrass (1969) reports John Warren, a settler who had served under Andrew Jackson as a soldier, suggested Jacksonville as the name, and this name was agreed upon without dissent..
The Hidden History of Jacksonville
40 miles north of St. Augustine, Jacksonville is more a working class city, a sprawling megalopolis that may one day rival Atlanta as the industrial hub of the south.
Jacksonville, Florida “City Guide” travel destination video
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Full Tour Part 1 – Jacksonville, Florida
8605 Zoo Road—Jacksonville (of course)
73 acre zoo and botanical park.
Plains of East Africa (17 acres)
Zoo Train–the General
Baby animal nursery, children’s zoo.
Wet land elevated board walk
Birds of prey
Kingsley Plantation – Fort George Island – Jacksonville, FL
11676 Palmetto Ave
Cotton and other crops were cultivated in 18 and 19th c. Preserved and interpreted by the National Park Service —Part of Timuacuan Ecological and History Preserve
MOSH Museum of Science & History , Jacksonville Florida .
1025 Museum Circle
Natural and physical science and history exhibits include an Allosaurus skeleton, marsh room with live animals, log cabin room, and science theater. Also Alexander Brest Planetarium.
The Cummer Museum’s Historic Gardens
829 Riverside Ave
Paintings by American an European masters, sculpture, prints and tapestries. Oriental art and early Meissen Porcelain. Guided Tours.
History of Mayport and Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville: With so much known about how and why Jacksonville was named, the tantalizing fact is that so far no record has been found of the exact date in June 1822 when the city officially came into being. Probably the events were spread over number of days. Every city mus have a birthday, however, so Jacksonville has selected June 15, the date when the settlers petitioned Congress for recognition as a point of entry. Jacksonville is the county seat of Duval Co.
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Life on the St Johns River Florida
This river has had 5 names over the known history of it (that’s for the entire length–there have been others for shorter sections.
1.Welaka or Ylacca
Mayaca Indian Shell Midden on The St. Johns River
(same pronunciation—whatever that is)
which was the earliest name we know—given by the native Americans who lived here many moons ago.
2, Rio de Corrientes
Florida Travel: Take a River Boat Trip on the St. Johns River
The Spanish called it “River of Currents” because of how it clashed with the surf at the river’s mouth.
3. Rivere de Mai
French Landing Blue Springs
French explorer entered the St. Johns on the first of May and hence the name.
4. San Mateo
History of Fort Caroline
Another Spanish explorer captured the French fort of Caroline and renamed both for and river
5. San Juan
Alligators, Manatees & Nature – St. Johns River Cruise Part 3 | Cruising m/v Y-Not
About 1590 the Spanish mission San Juan del Puerto (St. John of the harbor). was established and ultimately gave its name in shortened form, to the river.
For a time in the mid-1700’s, both San Mateo and San Juan were shown on the same Florida maps as two names for one river.
It was during the British period in Florida (20 years) 1763-1783, that San Juan finally became St. John’s and since has remained the same, except for dropping of the apostrophe.
A 48 Hour Guide to Dorset
West Dorset: Historic roots are buried deep beyond Anglo-Saxon and Roman influences, earlier than the Iron Age settlements at Maiden Castle and Poundbury. Walk the beaches of Charmouth and you step back to the Jarassic period, when early fossils were formed. Historic houses welcome visitors to past glories and present splendors: Tolpuddle stands witness to the harsh treatment of the first union men: while The Cobb at Lyme Regis shares history with Edward III and the Duke of Monmouth.
Secrets of Dorset
