Landing of the Scots

Landing of the Scots is a Florida historical marker in Sarasota, Sarasota County, dedicated 1963.

Corner of Main St. & Gulfstream Avenue, Sarasota

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On December 23, 1885 a number of Scottish families came ashore on or near this spot to settle land they had purchased for their homes in a new country. They met wilderness and hardship instead of the established town promised them; causing many to return in disappointment to Scotland. The remaining colonists along with the American settlers who welcomed them upon their arrival, platted the Town of Sarasota on July 27, 1886.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1860 · Johnson's Florida (1860) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1868 · Colton's Florida (1868) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · Township map Florida. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1944 · Sarasota, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Johnson's Florida (1870), 1870, covering the location of Landing of the Scots, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Johnson's Florida (1870), 1870, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

Landing of the Scots

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