  
Region 1 Northwest Florida (1 - 90)
Counties for this region: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington |
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1. Florida's Native People in A.D. 1500 - Museum of Florida History
2. Abraham, Interpreter, Soldier
3. Caroline Baker Allen, Educator, Civic Leader
4. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, Spanish Explorer
5. Andres de Arriola, Spanish Governor of Pensacola
6. Edward Ball, Businessman
7. James Hartley Beal, Pharmacist, Conchologist, Educator
8. Benboe Family, Entrepreneurs
9. Willie H. Blankston, Civil Rights Activist
10. Charles H. Bliss, Magazine Publisher, Mayor
11. William Alexander Blount, Sr., Attorney
12. Marianna Bonifay, Businesswoman
13. Henry Marie Brackenridge, Businessman
14. Francis Celestino Brent, Businessman
15. John Thomas Brooks, Founder of Fort Walton Beach
16. John William Brooks, Civic Leader, Businessman
17. Wallace Bruce, Poet, Magazine Editor, Civic Leader
18. Lola Lee Daniell Bruington, Historian
19. Erwin S. Buck, Early Settler, Merchant, Postmaster
20. Dr. Alvin Wentworth Chapman, Physician
21. Sam Charles, Businessman
22. William D. Chipley, Businessman, Mayor
23. Jacqueline Cochran, Aviator
24. Fanny-Fern Smith Davis, Botanist
25. Filo de la Rua, Public Official
26. Juan de la Rua, Businessman, Public Official
27. Leonard Destin, Founder of Destin
28. William Curtis Dobbins, Reverend, Civil Rights Activist
29. Ebenezer Dorr, Territorial Marshall
30. Elias Durnford, Civil Engineer
31. Zebulon Elijah, Public Official
32. Joseph Forsyth, Businessman
33. General Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish Official
34. Antonio Garcon, Interpreter
35. Adam J. Gerlach, Early Settler, Businessman
36. Silas Gibson, Early Settler
37. Ida Goodson, Musician
38. Bill Harbeson III, Businessman
39. Modeste Hargis, Pharmacist
40. William Harvey, Funeral Home Owner
41. Andrew Jackson, Military General, Territorial Governor, President
42. Liza Jackson, Community Activist
43. General Daniel "Chappie” James, Jr., Air Force General
44. Lilly James, Educator
45. John Kelker, Minister
46. Claude Roy Kirk, Jr., Governor
47. Conrad Kupfrian, Businessman
48. Christian S. LaRoche, Civic Leader
49. William C. Lazarus, Engineer, Museum Founder
50. Yulee Way Lazarus, Museum Founder, Curator
51. Tierce Lee, Businessman
52. Matthew M. Lewey, Newspaper Publisher
53. Addie Rushton Lewis, Educator
54. Tristan de Luna, Spanish Leader of First Settlement Attempt at Pensacola
55. William Allen Lundy, Civil War Veteran
56. Dr. Vernon McDaniel, Educator
57. Alexander McGillivray, Creek Indian Leader
58. Stephen R. Mallory, Confederate Secretary of the Navy
59. Rev. Hawthorne Konrad "H. K.” Matthews, Civil Rights Activist
60. Theophalis May, Historic Preservationist
61. Clifford Meigs, Developer, Mayor
62. Arturo Menillo, Photographer
63. Julia Mooney and Euphrates Mooney, Early Settlers, Postmasters
64. Richard R. Morris, Lighthouse Keeper, Businessman
65. John Newton, Minister, Educator
66. Julian Olsen, Community Activist
67. William Panton, Businessman
68. Edward A. Perry, Governor
69. James E. Plew, Businessman
70. James Polkinghorne, Sr., Pharmacist
71. James Polkinghorne, Jr., Tuskegee Airman Pilot
72. Chester Pruitt, Police Officer
73. Sarah Frances Brooks Pryor, Educator, Community Activist
74. Thomas Jefferson "TJ” Pryor, Jr., Businessman, Mayor
75. William Columbus Pryor, Educator, Mayor
76. Jessie Rogers, Early Settler
77. Salvador Ruby, Soldier, Businessman
78. Eugene Edwin Saunders, Businessman
79. Robert Lee Fulton Sikes, Politician
80. Andrew Simpson and Ezekiel Simpson, Businessmen
81. Theodore "Theo” Staff, Early Settler, Businessman
82. John Sunday, Public Official, Businessman
83. Thomas DeSaille Tucker, Attorney, University President
84. Timothy Twitchell, Businessman
85. The Walton Guard, Civil War Company
86. T. T. Wentworth, Jr., Museum Founder
87. Dr. Henry Clay White, Jr., Physician
88. Dr. Henry G. Williams, Physician
89. Charles Wilson, Attorney
90. Philip Keyes Yonge, Businessman, Civic Leader
This list of Historic Figures was compiled by our History Steering Committee:
This participatory art project by Miami artist Xavier Cortada (http://www.cortada.com/) commemorates the 500th anniversary of Juan Ponce de Leon's landing in Florida. It is being presented through the Florida International University College of Architecture + The Arts / Office of Engaged Creativity in partnership with the Florida Higher Education Arts Network, the Museum of Florida History and VIVA FLORIDA 500.
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Xavier Cortada
Artist-in-Residence
Florida International University
College of Architecture + The Arts
420 Lincoln Road, Suite 430
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Xavier Cortada's participatory art practice is based at Florida International University.
NYFA sponsored-artist participatory eco-art projects
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