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- 1968: Jacksonville and Duval County consolidate after county-wide referendum, with the exception of Baldwin, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and Atlantic Beach A county vote led to the consolidation of Jacksonville and Duval County, adding communities like the Northside, Mandarin, Arlington, and more.
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The city of Jacksonville, Florida, began to grow in the late 18th century as Cow Ford, settled by British colonists. Its major development occurred in the late nineteenth century, when it became a winter vacation destination for tourists from the North and Midwest.
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Nov 12, 2019 · In the first few decades of the 1800s, a group of landowners led by Isaiah Hart began plotting out what would soon become the new city of Jacksonville along the Northbank. A bay tree at the corner of what are now Bay and Market streets served as their starting point.
- Humble Beginnings
- Duuu-What?
- Andrew Jackson, Jacksonville's Namesake
- Jacksonville's Founding Father, Isaiah David Hart
- The Great (Year-Long) Fire
- City's Deadliest Fire Came 62 Years Later
- Shake, Rattle and Roll
- Florida Theatre: A Million Bricks in The Making
- Jacksonville's King Kong Connection
- Jacksonville's Movie-Making History
When the town of Jacksonville was founded on June 15, 1822, there were only about 15 people living in the town's city limits.
At the time of Jacksonville's founding, the town was located in St. Johns County. In fact, the only other county in Florida at the time was Escambia. About a month after the town's founding, Duval County was established. Pictured:Jacksonville Mayor Hans Tanzler puts up the Entering Duval County Sign during consolidation in 1968. More on our city's ...
Although the city is named for him, Andrew Jacksonnever stepped foot in Jacksonville. Jackson was a military hero at the time and the first American Governor of Florida. His Presidency was in the future.
Jacksonville's acknowledged founder, Isaiah David Hart, was known to take part in some cattle marauding along the Florida-Georgia border in his early years. Later on, Hart brought $72 worth of cattle to the Cowford, a narrow point in the St. Johns River where cattlemen would transport their livestock. Hart then founded the town of Jacksonville. Cur...
Recorded history states the Great Fire of May 3, 1901, lasted just over eight hours. It began as an initial spark that ignited piles of moss that were drying at a mattress factory at Davis and Beaver Streets. The truth is, fire continued to "break out" at an old feed company warehouse cellar at Market and Bay streets. On the Great Fire's one-year a...
The Great Fire of Jacksonville on May 3, 1901, to this day, is the third-largest metropolitan fire in U.S. history. Despite popular belief, it was not the deadliest fire. The Roosevelt Hotel fire of 1963 claimed 22 lives, 15 more than in the fire in 1901. (See more photos) Pictured:Guests opened windows and tried to escape from the smoke that fille...
On August 31, 1886, at 8:52 p.m., Jacksonville experienced an earthquake severe enough to send residents running into the streets. While no serious property or bodily damage occurred, the disturbance lasted 11 minutes. Tremors continued in the city throughout the month of September with the last major shock on October 22. This quaking action was as...
The Florida Theatre was built during 1926 and 1927 and it is one of only three surviving movie palaces in Florida. More than a million bricks were used to construct the theatre and it was the first time ready-mixed mortar was used in the south. The theatre was the first major building downtown to use full air-conditioning. Source:Wayne Wood, Founde...
The creator of the 1933 King Kong film, Merian C. Cooper, was born in Jacksonville in 1893. He was an Army pilot and a prisoner of war before he began a career in film. He planned to use a giant lizard to terrorize New York, but in the end changed the character to a gorilla.
Speaking of movies, Norman Studioswas founded in 1920 by Middleburg-born silent filmmaker Richard Norman. While much of the industry headed to the West Coast, Norman helped keep movie-making in Jacksonville for another decade. The studio was one of the nation's first to break racial barriers by producing films with all African American casts. The m...
Oct 2, 2018 · On October 1, 1968, an estimated 200,000 people—including school children who had been given the day off—crowded Downtown Jacksonville to watch a parade and celebrate themselves and their new government as it formally assumed its powers.
On October 1, 1968, the city and county governments merged to create the Consolidated City of Jacksonville. Fire, police, health & welfare, recreation, public works, and housing & urban development were all combined under the new government.
Jacksonville first became a popular tourist destination during the 1800s, when the railroads brought Northerners down to visit Florida's sunny beaches. Learn how Jacksonville’s history and development are linked to its beautiful climate, abundant natural resources, and ocean and river trade access. Abundant natural resources, beautiful ...
Oct 1, 2018 · By 1968, thoughts of consolidating the City of Jacksonville and Duval County into one government had circulated for decades. In 1929, Jacksonville’s first city planner, George W. Simons Jr., recommended that the city coordinate with the county on such things as street plans and zoning ordinances to avoid conflicts at the boundary between the ...
