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Obverse of the historical marker in front of the Westside Recreation Center. Hogtown was a 19th-century settlement in and around what is now Westside Park in Gainesville, Florida, United States (in the northeast corner of the intersection of NW 8th Avenue and 34th Street) where a historical marker [1] [2] [3] notes Hogtown's location at that site and is the eponymous outpost of the adjacent ...
Timucua teepee village in Florida circa 1562. Hernando de Soto and his army passed through Gainesville in August 1539 towards the beginning of their four-year exploration of what is now the southeastern United States, the third village where they stayed, Utinamocharra, having been in the dense cluster east of Moon Lake [13] at the northwestern edge of present-day Gainesville.
A Coast Guard station on Hog Island was later closed. The site where the lighthouse once stood is now nearly a mile out to sea. In 2008, in conjunction with the Barrier Islands Center in Machipongo, Virginia, filmmaker James Spione directed a documentary, Our Island Home, which featured three of the last surviving people to be born on Hog ...
The Hog Island Tract includes a road with ten vehicle parking areas and two viewing platforms. Large numbers of bald eagles are frequently observed on and near the property. Another road, on the Carlisle Tract, allows access to a boat ramp. Horseback riding and primitive camping are permitted only within the Carlisle Tract. [2] [5]
The Northeast Gainesville Residential District, also known locally as the Duckpond, is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on February 12, 1980) located in Gainesville, Florida. It encompasses approximately 1,660 acres (6.7 km 2), bounded by 1st, and 9th Streets, 10th and East University Avenues. It contains 229 historic buildings.
The Lake Panasoffkee park and preserve protects 9,911 acres (40.11 km 2) and offers birdwatching, biking, camping, horseback riding, fishing, hiking and hunting. It is accessed from the south side of State Route 44 two miles (3 km) west of Interstate 75. [22]
The Historic Haile Homestead, also known as Haile Plantation House or Kanapaha, is a historic site and museum in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is located at 8500 SW Archer Rd. SR 24. On May 2, 1986, the plantation house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.The Homestead is unique in the Nation for its "Talking ...
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the most populous city in North Central Florida, with a population of 145,212 in 2022. [7] It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area with a population of 350,903 in 2022.