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Is Davis Hwy named for Jefferson Davis or someone else? '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 12:57, 20 May 2007 (CDT) | Is Davis Hwy named for Jefferson Davis or someone else? '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 12:57, 20 May 2007 (CDT) | ||
| + | :Almost positive it was Jefferson Davis. However, [[Lee Street]] was not named from the General, but for [[William Franklin Lee]], a surveyor who married into the Lloyd family (thus the two streets' proximity).--[[User:Admin|Admin]] 13:35, 20 May 2007 (CDT) | ||
| + | ::CORRECTION: According to [[John Appleyard]]'s pamphlet, "Pensacola: How Its Streets Got Their Names," there was a Davis family that owned a lot of land around the street, so the road colloquially earned the name "the Davis Highway."--[[User:Admin|Admin]] 13:37, 20 May 2007 (CDT) | ||
| + | ::Ah ha... Any other good information in that pamphlet? '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 14:02, 20 May 2007 (CDT) | ||
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Is Davis Hwy named for Jefferson Davis or someone else? dcosson ··· talk 12:57, 20 May 2007 (CDT)
- Almost positive it was Jefferson Davis. However, Lee Street was not named from the General, but for William Franklin Lee, a surveyor who married into the Lloyd family (thus the two streets' proximity).--Admin 13:35, 20 May 2007 (CDT)
- CORRECTION: According to John Appleyard's pamphlet, "Pensacola: How Its Streets Got Their Names," there was a Davis family that owned a lot of land around the street, so the road colloquially earned the name "the Davis Highway."--Admin 13:37, 20 May 2007 (CDT)
- Ah ha... Any other good information in that pamphlet? dcosson ··· talk 14:02, 20 May 2007 (CDT)
