Lake Jovita
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sfwife
N 28° 20.147 W 082° 15.762
17R E 376229 N 3135047
Historical Marker in Pasco County FL
Waymark Code: WM2R71
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2007
Views: 56
On Feb. 15, 1881, Judge Edmund F. Dunne and Captain Hugh Dunne, his cousin, came upon this clear lake and named it for Saint Jovita whose feast day it was. Judge Dunne established San Antonio Catholic Colony on land he received for legal services in negotiating the Disston purchase of four million acres from the state at 25 cents an acre. The colony was named to honor St. Anthony of Padua in thanksgiving for an answer to prayer. It was originally planned as a central city surrounded by farm villages. Judge Dunne's home was built where St. Leo Abbey and St. Leo College now stand.
Marker Number: none
Date: 1981
County: Pasco
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Pasco Board of County Commissioners and the Historical Preservation Committee
Website: [Web Link]
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