Historical Marker
Bethany Baptist Church
Historical marker location:
Myakka City, Florida
( Marker is at the intersection of Bradenton-Arcadia Road (Florida Route 64) and Verna Bethany Road, on the right when traveling east on Bradenton-Arcadia Road.)
Marker installed: 1997
(1874).
The first European to explore Florida was actually a Spanish sailor named Juan Ponce de León in 1513, not the more well-known Christopher Columbus.