CONTENTS Fort Marion and Fort Matanzas National MonumentsHistorical Background Discovery of Florida The Spanish Main Coming of the French Founding of San Agustín Expulsion of the French Early Days of the Colony English Freebooters Impregnable Castillo de San Marcos Torre de Matanzas Oglethorpe Besieges San Agustín English Florida The Revolution American Prisoners at Castle St. Mark Spain's Last Occupation of Florida Under American Sovereignty Osceola Captured War between the States Western Indians Fort Marion at the Turn of the Century THE COVER St. Charles Watchtower, Fort Marion (Harris photo)
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