Flagler College is a private liberal arts college in St. Augustine,Florida. It was founded in 1968 and offers 33 undergraduate majors and one master's program. It also has a campus in Tallahassee.
Thomas Kent Wetherell was an American politician and educator. He served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1980 to 1992,and was president of Florida State University from 2003 through 2009.
Joseph Marion Hernández was an American slave-owner,politician and military officer. He was the first delegate from the Florida Territory and the first Hispanic American to serve in the United States Congress. A member of the Whig Party,he served from September 1822 to March 1823.
The Ponce de Leon Hotel,also known as The Ponce,was an exclusive luxury hotel in St. Augustine,Florida,built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler and completed in 1888. The hotel was designed in the Spanish Renaissance style as the first major project of the New York architecture firm Carrère &Hastings,which would go on to gain world renown.
Florida's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida.
Kim Crane Hammond was a judge in Flagler County,Florida and was a quarterback for Florida State University. For Seminole fans,he is best remembered for quarterbacking the team's first victory over rival Florida in Gainesville,21–16. Hammond died on Sunday,July 16,2017,after suffering from illnesses for several years.
William E. Peterson was an American football player,coach,and college athletics administrator. His career included head coaching stops at Florida State University,Rice University and with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL). Considered one of the unique characters in college sports,Peterson is credited with bringing the pro passing game to college football. He is also known as the "Coach of Coaches",having tutored such coaches as Joe Gibbs,Bill Parcells,Bobby Bowden,Don James,Dan Henning,Ken Meyer and many others. Coach "Pete",as he was known,is also remembered for his reshaping of the English language. One of his more novel expressions was to have his team "pair off in groups of threes,then line up in a circle." Beyond his trials with syntax,Peterson is best remembered for bringing the Seminoles to the forefront of college football,using pro-style offenses and a much feared passing game.
Flagler College Tallahassee is a branch campus of Flagler College,a private liberal arts college in St. Augustine,Florida. It is hosted through Tallahassee Community College and was founded in 2000 as the product of a legislative mandate to expand opportunities for four year degree-seeking students. The campus offers bachelor's degree programs in six majors and four minors.
Lincolnville Historic District is a neighborhood in St. Augustine,Florida established by freedmen following the American Civil War and located on the southwest peninsula of the "nation's oldest city." It was designated as an historic district in 1991 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally recorded with 548 contributing buildings,the district is bounded by Cedar,Riberia,Cerro and Washington streets and DeSoto Place.
D'Tanyian Jacquez "Quezi" Green is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver and punt returner in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s. Green played college football for the University of Florida,and earned consensus All-American honors. He was a second-round pick in the 1998 NFL Draft,and played professionally for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions of the NFL.
Malcolm Eugene Hammack was an American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve years during the 1950s and 1960s. Hammack played college football for the University of Florida,and thereafter,he played professionally for the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL.
Randall William Spetman is an American college athletic director who was most recently athletic director at Florida State University from 2008 to 2013. Spetman has also been the director of athletics at Utah State University and the United States Air Force Academy. He was a vice president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics during the 2009–10 academic year.
Randy Reese is an American college and Olympic swimming coach. Reese is best known for coaching the Florida Gators swimming and diving teams of the University of Florida to four national championships,and coaching the winners of eighteen Olympic gold,eight silver and eight bronze medals. Reese is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
John E. Thrasher is a former state legislator,businessman,lawyer and lobbyist who served as the 15th President of Florida State University. He was approved by the Florida Board of Governors on November 6,2014 and took office on November 10,2014. On September 11,2020,Thrasher and the university board of trustees announced his retirement in a joint statement. In May 2021,Richard McCullough was chosen by Florida State University’s Board of Trustees to succeed Thrasher.
Charles W. LaPradd was an American football player during the early 1950s. He played college football for the University of Florida and was recognized as an All-American as a defensive lineman. He later served as the president of St. Johns River Community College in northeast Florida.
St. Augustine,Florida,the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the continental United States,was founded in 1565 by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The Spanish Crown issued an asiento to Menéndez,signed by King Philip II on March 20,1565,granting him various titles,including that of adelantado of Florida,and expansive privileges to exploit the lands in the vast territory of Spanish Florida,called La Florida by the Spaniards. This contract directed Menéndez to explore the region's Atlantic coast and report on its features,with the object of finding a suitable location to establish a permanent colony from which the Spanish treasure fleet could be defended and Spain's claimed territories in North America protected against incursions by other European powers.
Lawrence Lewis Jr. (1918-1995) was an American businessman,hotelier,philanthropist,and benefactor remembered for his role in founding Flagler College.
Lambert Christian Ringhaver (1910–1976) was an American businessman and philanthropist who founded Ring Power Corporation in St. Augustine,Florida.
Fort Fulton was established on February 21,1840,between Old Kings Road and Pellicer Creek in present-day Flagler County,Florida. A January 17,1840 article in the Florida Herald of St. Augustine stated,"Can anyone inform us why the Mounted Volunteer Company,raised in this city,and now stationed at Hewlett’s [Hewitt’s] Mill,is weakened by a detail of ten men subject to the order of the city council,and kept in town idle." This article suggests that Fort Fulton was most likely manned with militia volunteers since it was the only military post in the general area of Hewitt's Mill. Hewitt's Mill was a sawmill built in 1768 by John Hewitt on his 1,000-acre plot of land in St. Johns County. This sawmill is known to have supplied many wooden building materials to the St. Augustine area and surrounding plantations.
James Paul "Bo" Clark is an American former college basketball coach and author. He was the head men's basketball coach at Flagler College in for 31 years and led his teams to 491 wins. In his tenure,the Saints qualified for three National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national basketball tournaments. The court at Flagler is named in his honor. The "Clark Family Court" was dedicated on February 18,2017. Clark is also the career points leader for the University of Central Florida.
