South — Site filing

Sites with a file in Florida

Florida carries 9 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

9 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsEdison and Ford Estates — deepest file

Also filed under site:Hawaii44 Michigan39 Arizona39 Wyoming30 Illinois30 Oregon22 Pennsylvania20 West Virginia20

Other Florida filings:Historic sites11 Hotels7 Ghost towns6 Forts5 Cemeteries4 Houses4 Theaters3 Lighthouses3 Former settlements3

Edison and Ford Estates

Fort Myers, Florida

The neighbors’ winter estates—Edison and Ford’s Florida.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Rosewood

Cedar Key, Florida

January 1923—the town erased from the map.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fountain of Youth

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1513 landing park—the spring that made the legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Jail

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1891 jail built to look like a hotel—Pinkerton’s disguise.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Palace Saloon

Fernandina Beach, Florida

Florida’s oldest bar—1903, and the ship captains still drink.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Captain Tony’s Saloon

Key West, Florida

The bar built around the hanging tree—the oldest saloon in the Keys.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sloppy Joe’s

Key West, Florida

Hemingway’s bar—the 1933 original on Greene Street.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Ocoee

November 2-3, 1920—the Election Day massacre.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Freedom Tower

The "Ellis Island of the South"—where the Cubans were processed.

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