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Near the fork of the branch, where the oldest tree grows, could be something below.
Cleve Powell
Cleve Powell is a second generation Arlingtonian, being born October 21st, 1936 on Lone Star Road in the location where Tree Hill Nature Center is located today. Cleve's great, grandfather was F. W. Bruce, who wrote the pamphlet, Arlington, Past, Present, and Anticipated, published in 1924. Cleve's parents are Mary Louise Johnson and Ted Powell.
In 1914, Cleve's family moved from Mayport to the house where he was born and grew up in.
Cleveland E. "Cleve" Powell, worked for the Army Corps of Engineers from June 1958 until March 1993. He worked on all river and harbor projects, including dredging the St. Johns River; space program projects at Cape Kennedy; the Cuban Missile project, part of which was located in Key West; crude oil storage in Louisiana and Texas; and flood protection projects in Puerto Rico. Cleveland E. Powell is a Distinguished Civilian Employee of the Jacksonville District of COE.
In 2000, Cleve joined the Old Arlington, Inc. organization. Cleve's contribution to the organization's collective history, and to this website is exceptional. Cleve has been the Old Arlington, Inc. Vice President (2006), and now is the organization's historian, and again filling the shoes of the Vice President for 2008 and 2009.
See Also:
- Cleve Powell Honored.
- Cleve Powell Covered.
- Cleve loans great grandfather's surveying equipment to Army C.O.E.
- Army Corps of Engineers honors Four Generations of F. W. Bruce
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