Manatee Mineral Spring
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Markerman62
N 27° 29.854 W 082° 32.948
17R E 346973 N 3042502
Located on 14th St E near 2nd Ave E in Indian Spring Park.
Waymark Code: WMTQW6
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2016
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Here flowed a spring which had been used by Indians and was found by Manatee's first white settler, Josiah Gates, who settled nearby in January 1842. It served Branch Fort, when the early settlers camped nearby for protection from the Seminole raid of 1856. During this encampment, the first child born (March 4, 1856) was Furman Chairs Whitaker, who became Manatee County's first native born doctor, practicing here from 1896, until shortly before his death in 1945. In the early 1900's the spring became the center of a small park which included a picnic pavilion.
Marker Number: F-126
Date: 1965
County: Manatee
Marker Type: City
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials in cooperation with Manatee County Historical Society
Website: Not listed
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