Last month, 90 runners participated in the Jacksonville History Center’s fifth annual Great Fire Run 5K run/walk on Saturday, May 3.
Participants commemorated the 124th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1901, starting out at Old St. Andrew’s Church and following the route past Fire Station 3 – one of the three fire stations that existed at the time of the Great Fire. Today, the rebuilt Catherine Street station if on the National Register of Historic Places.
Jacksonville resident Iciar Wood took home first place with a time of 20:23; less than 30 seconds later, fellow Jacksonville resident Mark Goetz secured second place at 20:51. New York resident Sam Mercado took home third place at 21:22.
The event was sponsored by the Jacksonville Firefighters Association, Corner Lot Development, The Bedell Firm and Marks Gray P.A.
