How Jacksonville Became Old Hickory
The wartime town was named for Andrew Jackson. In 1923, so was the name that replaced it — after the mail kept wandering to Florida.
Powder City on the Bend
In 1918, a gunpowder plant and a planned village rose on Hadley’s Bend so quickly that DuPont called it a world record.
The Village That Stayed
East of Hadley Avenue, the 1918 permanent village still stands — ten house types, a grid of porches, and a place on the National Register.
