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Location DB >
United States >
Florida >
Garden Key >
Fort Jefferson
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Type: Building and island
Status: Active, national park
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: worth the trip
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sunscreen, water, bug repellant
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from Florida Keys Internet Guide:
Construction of the fort began in 1846, and it was almost complete at the time the Civil War started. It was originally erected to be the largest fort in the coastal defense system with some 450 guns and 1500 men, however, the fort was never attacked and its value to coastal defense was rendered almost useless by the invention of the rifled cannon. After the Civil War, the fort served as a prison with its most famous prisoner being Dr.Samuel A. Mudd. Dr. Mudd was the physician that set the broken leg of James Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. It was abandoned for a period beginning in 1874, but subsequently served as a navy base (Spanish-American War), a seaplane port (WW I) and observation post (W.W.II).
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The fort was also used as a coaling station by the Navy between 1900 and 1908. Designated a National Monument by President Roosevelt in 1935, and rededicated as a National Park in 1992.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Explorer Zero on 6/16/2017 10:09 AM.
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on Jun 16 17 at 10:09, Explorer Zero validated this location
on Jun 16 17 at 5:56, thingamabob deleted 6 pictures from gallery Thingy's Visit.
on Jun 16 17 at 5:55, thingamabob added some pictures to a gallery
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on Jun 16 17 at 5:21, thingamabob updated gallery Thingy's Visit.
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on Oct 30 05 at 1:37, thoughtcriminal changed the following: Prefer Satellite
on Oct 30 05 at 1:31, thoughtcriminal changed the following: Notes for Mods, Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, Prefer Satellite
on May 31 05 at 8:10, thoughtcriminal made this location public
on Jan 1 04 at 11:43, thoughtcriminal changed the main information
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