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Creation Date
1-31-2010
Description
Hawthorne Marker (Obverse), FL.
This marker is located on North Johnson St in Hawthorne, Fl.
The marker reads as : (side 1)
" In 1774, noted botanist William Bartram travelled across what is now the southeastern corner of Alachua County following an old Indian and trading trail. In Florida's territorial period, English-speaking settlers used the same route as a frontier road. By 1840, another road form the north crossed that trail near present day Hawthorne. In 1848, Morrison had begun to operate a mill there on what Bartram had described as a "rapid brook." A United States post office called Morrison's Mills was established at that site in 1853 in order to serve the increasing population of the area. "
(Continued on reverse side)
Latitude, Longitude
29.59484167, -82.08673333
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Hawthorne Marker (Obverse), FL" (2010). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 3229.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/3229
