Archer 2009

Thanks to Dennis Fukai for the pictures link below -
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CLICK HERE to see pictures of Archer parade 2009

NOTE: A special program, including a segment on the HISTORY OF ARCHER, will be broadcast on WUFT TV, channels 3 & 703 on Cox Cable in Gainesville. The date will be Monday, August 17, 2009, from 9:00 - 10:00 pm; the program is "History Detectives."

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Matheson Museum, Gainesville, 2009

Harold R. McGee presenting a multi-media program:
"RAILROADS OF ALACHUA COUNTY" - June 3

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Archer
June 6, 2008

CLICK HERE to see a "You Tube" video of
Yulee Railroad Days, Archer, Fla for Bo Diddley, 2008

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Matheson Museum Train Show 2008

Click on The Gainesville Sun links below:

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History & Progress:
www.gainesville.com/article/20080529/NEWS/805280306


Yulee Days Celebrates Florida Railways:
www.gainesville.com/article/20080531/NEWS/805310332

• Click on lower left train picture to play video.
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Callahan 2008

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At Archer Depot

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Archer 2007

After a total rainout on Saturday, events in Archer were rescheduled to Sunday 6/3, which was a beautifully sunny and pleasant day:

THE FIRING OF THE CANNON!

CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO OF THE CANNON FIRING!

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Callahan 2007

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Archer 2006

For more 2006 pictures of the Archer parade, along with Arts & Crafts exhibits, click the following link, provided by Dennis Fukai. There, clicking on a small picture will enlarge and give navigation at top:

http://insitebuilders.com/Yulee2006/thumb.html

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Cotton Club 2006

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Relay 2004

In 2004, the Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee staged a relay in order to commemorate the first train trip across Florida, from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key. That first train finally made the cross-state trip on March 1, 1861 after the railroad had been under construction for eight years.

12 elite riders pedaled their way across the Sunshine State at the pace of the original train, 14.5 mph. They started in Fernandina Beach at 7:00am and finished in Cedar Key before sunset on June 5th, 2004.

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MORE 2004 PHOTOS!

David Levy Yulee's accomplishments have been celebrated annually in the city of Archer since 1995. In 2004, Yulee Railroad Days became a multi-city festival, expanding throughout Alachua County and beyond. With the addition of funding from the Alachua County Visitors and Convention Bureau, the Yulee Railroad Days Committee joined with the Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee to create a cross-state bicycle ride and bicycle relay along the old route of Yulee’s Florida Railroad, beginning at sunrise in Fernandina Beach and ending as the sun set into the Gulf of Mexico in Cedar Key.

The 2004 ride featured recreational and relay cyclists riding one or all of the three segments of the 159 mile ride on Saturday, June 5 and on Sunday, June 6. In addition, on Saturday 12 elite riders made the ride from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico at the 14.5 mph pace at which the 19th Century trains once crossed the state.

For other events associated with Yulee Railroad Days, checks should be made payable to the Archer Historical Society and delivered to the Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee, 300 E. University Ave., Ste. 100, Gainesville, FL 32601. The Archer Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, and your contribution may be tax deductible as a charitable contribution or as ordinary or necessary business expenses.

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