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John the Baptist Church

Established in 1847 as the first black church in Pensacola, John the Baptist Church is the only surviving evidence of Hawk Shaw, an African American community.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Coulson House (The African American Heritage Society)

The Coulson House, built at the turn of the 20th century,, was originally the home of Kate Coulson. Coulson bought the empty property from the estate of E. A. Perry in 1899 and built her home on the lot. After ...

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The Rosenwald School

Located in what was once the black business district of Panama City, the Rosenwald School served black students in Bay County during segregation. The original building remains on its original site.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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The Historical Society of Martin County at Elliot Museum

The museum is home to the Willoughby Collection, one of the largest collections of late 19th and early 20th century Seminole artifacts.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Arch Creek Historic and Archaeological Park

Arch Creek Park was created around a natural limestone bridge formation that was once part of an important trail first used by the Tequesta around 2,000 years ago and later by the Seminoles in the 19th century.

Middens dating to ...

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Snake Warrior's Island

The City of Miramar, State of Florida, Seminole Tribe of Florida, and Broward County have preserved this park in honor of Chitto-Tustenuggee's (Snake Warrior) village, once located on the island.

Archaeological excavations revealed European trade items such as glass beads ...

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Crane Point Nature Center Museums, and Historic Site

Exhibits about Native Americans in the Florida Keys include a 600-year-old dugout canoe.

Information provided by the Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of the Florida Department of State.

Photo Courtesy escape-floridakeys.com

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Loxahatchee River Historical Museum

The permanent exhibit, Five Thousand Years on the Loxahatchee, includes displays about pre-Spanish contact periods dating from 5,000 to 500 years ago.

Also on display are Seminole artifacts and a replica of a Seminole village.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Jupiter Inlet Historic and Archaeological Site, Dubois Park

Dubois Park contains the remains of a village occupied by the Jobe and their predecessors from 1,000 years ago.

The shell midden, or trash pile, from the village site is 20 feet high. Jonathan Dickinson, a Quaker merchant whose family ...

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Mount Elizabeth, Indian Riverside Park

The Mount Elizabeth site is a large coastal midden dating between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago.

The exhibit on the site was developed by the Southeast Florida Archaeological Society Chapter of the Florida Anthropological Society.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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