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Florida Caverns State Park. Marianna is an official Florida Main Street town. The downtown area has been restored to look as it did many years ago, to encourage heritage tourism and emphasize its unique character and a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood. The downtown area includes the Marianna Historic District, which has a number of antebellum ...
The Battle of Marianna was a small but significant engagement on September 27, 1864, in the panhandle of Florida during the American Civil War. The Union destruction against Confederates and militia defending the town of Marianna was the culmination of a substantial Federal cavalry raid into northwestern Florida. Ultimately, the Union force ...
The Marianna Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on May 23, 1997) located in Marianna, Florida. The district is bounded by Davis, Park, Jackson, and Wynn Streets. It contains 181 historic contributing buildings and one contributing object. [1]
The Joseph W. Jr. Russ House is a historic site built from 1892 to 1895 in Marianna, Florida. It serves as Jackson County's Visitor a Center, located at 4318 West Lafayette Street. On July 18, 1983, the house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Five generations of the Russ family lived in the house over a 100-year span.
October 26, 1934) was a 23-year-old African-American farmhand who was arrested in Jackson County, Florida, on October 19, 1934, for allegedly raping and killing Lola Cannady, a 19-year-old white woman missing since the preceding night. Circumstantial evidence was collected against him, but nothing directly linked him to the crime.
The federal government acquired the airport at the city of Marianna in 1942 and added 1,915 acres (7.7 km 2) additional in order to construct the Marianna Army Air Field for the U.S. Army Air Forces. The airfield opened on 8 August 1942 and eventually had six hard surface runways averaging 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in length and was a training base ...
The Ely-Criglar House (also known as the Francis R. Ely House) is a historic site in Marianna, Florida. It is located at 242 West Lafayette Street. On December 27, 1972, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Built by slaves from native limestone, the Greek Revival structure was completed c. 1840, as the Manor House for ...
Marianna Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMAI, FAA LID: MAI) is an airport in Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Downtown Marianna. [1] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a general aviation airport. [2]