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Hogans Creek, Barometer for the Health of the City
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The Armory
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Wesley Plott’s Downtown Bottlescape
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Reposting the Story of the Plague Year
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Tagged A Century of Medicine in Jacksonville and Duval County, Aedes Aegypti, Alligator Florida, Alligator Lake City, Anna Fletcher, Atmospheric Concussion as a Means of Disinfectant, Duncan Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, Experiences in a Stricken City, Fernandina Beach, Florida history, Gateway Mall, George Storck, Harry Houdini, History of Duval County Florida, Houdini Fortune Telling Bill, Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitation Commission, James Jacquelin Daniel, Jared Keen, jax psycho geo, Judson House, McCoys Creek, McCoys Creek Tunnel, Merritt Webster, Nathan Vaught, Neal Mitchell, Pest House, Pleasant Daniel Gold, Sand Hills Hospital, Sand Hills Yellow Fever Hospital, Shotgun Quarantine, St. Luke's Hospital, Surgeon General John Hamilton, Tim Gilmore writer, Yellow Fever, Yellow Fever Mosquito, Yellow Jack
Story #509: Riverdale Inn / Brazile House / Kelly House
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The Barnett National Bank Building, Its Deep Roots and Tendrils through Time
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Two New Stories: Eco Relics and Honeymoon
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