Riverfront Park- Dr. Josie Rogers Traditional Cache
Riverfront Park- Dr. Josie Rogers
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A quick p&g and an opportunity to walk along the river through a couple little Daytona parks. Stealth is required at this cache as it is near a semi busy street. Happy Hunting and Enjoy. Below is a little history of the area and the nearby historic house.
Also within 200 feet is the entrance to Manatee Island. If you have the time, check it out.
David Dunham Rogers, was one of Daytona’s earliest settlers in 1874 and one of its founding fathers in 1876 and he was Daytona’s first surveyor. For four decades he made surveys and produced hundreds of maps from Jacksonville to Key West, but concentrated on Volusia County, especially Daytona Beach and other towns along the Halifax River. In 1884 he had the first wagon road graded across the peninsula from river to ocean. He built the first ice plant in 1886. In 1888 he built the first bridge to cross the river in Daytona (today’s Main Street bridge). His daughter, Dr. Josie Rogers, was Daytona’s first female physician and only female mayor. David Dunham Rogers built their second home in 1879 at 436 North Beach Street. Just before he died in 1919, he gave that property to the City of Daytona Beach for a riverside park. David Dunham Rogers’ Great Floridian plaque is located on the front of the Rogers House, Riverfront Park, Beach Street, Daytona Beach.
Dr. Josie Rogers was born in 1876 in Daytona Beach and was a lifelong resident of Florida. She was the first female doctor to practice in Daytona Beach and possibly the state. As of 1999, she was the only female mayor of Daytona Beach. Dr. Rogers began her career in Daytona Beach in 1907. By 1912 she was chairman of the Florida State Health Department. In 1918 she worked for women’s suffrage. She was elected to the Daytona Beach City Commission in 1921 and was elected mayor in 1922. In 1946 she was elected chief of staff of Halifax District Hospital and in 1949 became director of the Halifax Historical Society. Dr. Rogers died in 1975. Her Great Floridian plaque is located on the front of the Rogers House, Riverfront Park, Beach Street, Daytona Beach.
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