Jules Verne Park
N 27° 53.363 W 082° 28.908
17R E 354147 N 3085830
Historical Marker
Waymark Code: WM1NYJ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member tiki-4
Views: 121

Mrs chester W. Chapin, controlling owner of the company which operated the city's first ellectric trolley cars, purchased these acres and in 1894 developed this site into a tropical parkas terminal for her line. She named it for the French writer Jules Verne (1814-1905)who in his famous novel "From The Earth To The Moon" first published in 1865 chose Tampa town as his launching site for the imaginary shot of his rocket to that planet near one hundred years ago. I also have a cache named after the novel (GCGE51).
Marker Number: None

Date: 1926

County: Hillsborough

Marker Type: City

Sponsored or placed by: Hillsborough County Historical Commission

Website: [Web Link]

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