Lem turner biography

Lem Turner was born at the old family homestead just east of Capper Road, Jacksonville, FL. He was the son of Florida pioneers, Jesse Turner (1795-1867)and.
Lem Turner was born at the old family homestead just east of Capper Road, Jacksonville, FL. He was the son of Florida pioneers, Jesse Turner.
Len Turner is a former news anchor and reporter who appeared regularly on American local television stations from 1990 to 2008.

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Jax Namesakes: Do you Know Lemuel "Lem" Turner?

Jacksonville is like other cities. We have many many namesakes. Our bridges, buildings, streets, etc are named after individuals who over time are long forgotten.

In this article we highlight several individuals whose impact on the city earned them naming rights.

Lem Turner Blvd: Lemuel "Lem" Turner

Lem Turner Road served as the community's commercial heart and industries such as boat building were encouraged to located there. The road now known as Lem Turner Road was known as "Turner Ferry Road" at the turn of the century. Prior to the Civil War, there had been a bridge over the Trout River. It was burned by the Union Army, so Lemuel "Lem" Turner (1831-1912) started a ferry service.

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Triangle at Old Lem Turner

by Tim Gilmore, 6/19/2022

The New Triangle doesn’t welcome me. Nor bar the door. It’s just a blockhouse at the apex of the triangle of Trout River Boulevard, Ribault Avenue and Old Lem Turner Road. This thin, pale but leathery man with the long dark beard and blazing eyes steps me back for a moment. I can’t help but think he looks like Rasputin. He ducks into the bar and I hesitate, then follow.

Lemuel Turner, image courtesy Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission

Nobody leans over the pool tables. Seven people, five men and two women, all older than me, perch above bottles of Bud Light. A bumper sticker on the refrigerator across the bar shows an assault rifle and says, “I Lubricate My Guns With Liberal Tears.” Above the hairless man with faded neck tattoos beside me, a flag stapled to the ceiling says, “Fuck Biden. And Fuck You For Voting For Him.”

The bearded man with the blazing eyes I see nowhere. The hairless man in the tank top beside me keeps referring to “Mama,” puts his hand on the shoulder of the woman beside him. He’s

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1. A river named after a 16th century French explorer

Stretching six miles in length and flowing northward, the Ribault River is a tributary of the Trout River. It is named in honor of Jean Ribault (1520-1565), a French naval officer and colonizer of what would eventually become known as the southeastern United States or lowcountry. An officer under Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, Ribault was over command of the French colony of Fort Carolina. He one first European to undertake a detailed exploration of the St. Johns River in the 16th century. Ribault and several of his followers were killed by the Spanish near St. Augustine in 1565.

A cannon from a shipwreck of a 16th-century French ship was found off the coast of St. Augustine in 2016. The shipwreck is thought to be Ribault’s flagship La Trinite. Image courtesy of Global Marine Exploration, Inc.

During the period of Florida’s 18th century British Occupation, land around the Ribault River became home to isolated plantations that used enslaved African labor to cultivate cotton, tobacco, indigo and other crops. By the early 19