Nassau County Historic Courthouse

The 1891 Nassau County Courthouse is one of only a few remaining courthouses in Florida built in the late 19th century. An excellent example of the Italianate style, it features a square domed tower with cupola, brick corbelling, bracketed cornice, ...

Vail / Vail Pass Country

Marker Front:

Vail Mountain stood bare just days before the resort’s 1962 grand opening. As luck would have it, a late December storm blanketed the area, dumping several feet of powder on the untracked slopes. Fortune just kept smiling on the ...

Father Flanagan Historic House

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Courtesy hmdb.org

Msgr. Edward Joseph Flanagan

Leabeg, Ballymoe

Founder of Boys Town

Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.

"The work will continue, you see,

whether I am there or not,

because it is God's work, not mine."

Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan

Mol an oige

agus tiocfaidh si

Ni neart go cur le cheile

Unveiled by Fr. Val Peter

Executive Director

5th ...

Right Reverend Monsignor Edward J. Flanagan

1886 - 1948

In memory of

Rt. Rev. Monsignor

Edward J. Flanagan

Founder of Boys Town and

Recipient of Variety Clubs

First Humanitarian Award

His dictum:

"There is no such thing as a bad boy"

Marker is on Heroes Boulevard south of Flanagan Boulevard, on the left when traveling ...

Titanic Eternal Flame

1912 - 2012

In memory of those

who lost their lives

Marker is on Parkway (U.S. 441), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Titanic’s Center Anchor

The center anchor weighed 16.8 US tons, almost twice the weight of the standard port and starboard anchors which weighed 8.84 US tons each. The replica of this anchor will give you an idea how massive the center anchor was ...

Crawford W. Long

Discoverer of anaesthesia and first to use in surgery March 30, 1842

Born in Danielsville, Georgia

November 1, 1815

Died June 16, 1878

Marker is at the intersection of General Daniels Avenue (U.S. 29) and Madison Street, in the median on General Daniels Avenue. ...

Original Site and Portions

Original Site and Portions

of

Franklin Springs City Jail

Built early 1920’s

Marker is on King Street 0.1 miles north of Spring Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

An Early Mountain Community

In the early 1900s family farms covered the valley. Self-sufficiency was the rule in those days, but most people made use of the mill, the country store, and the blacksmith shop. The buildings assembled here represent part of a typical ...