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Fort Johnson, formerly Fort Polk, is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles (15 km) east of Leesville and 30 miles (50 km) north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish . Named after New York soldier William Henry Johnson, the post encompasses about 198,000 acres (309 sq mi).
Bartow, Florida. Location of Bartow in Polk County, Florida. / 27.88694°N 81.82139°W / 27.88694; -81.82139. Bartow ( / ˈbɑːrtoʊ / BAR-toh) is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1851 as Fort Blount, the city was renamed in honor of Francis S. Bartow, the first brigade commander of the ...
During the Second Seminole War (1835 – 1842) future President Zachary Taylor – for whom this Key West, Florida fort was named – was a Colonel in the US Army, leading troops in the field. [21] Mala Compra Fortress also known as the Post at Mala Compra - Second Seminole War fortification. [4] Martello towers, Key West, Florida. Fort East ...
List of ghost towns in Florida. An advertisement showing the layout plans for Aladdin City, Florida, from the Homestead Leader. The power plant in Brewster, Florida, 1920. The visitor's center for Flamingo, Florida. Fort Jefferson, Florida is a massive but unfinished coastal fortress.
Brewster is a ghost town in southwest Polk County, Florida, United States, ten miles south of Mulberry. It is at an elevation of 143 feet above sea level and has been uninhabited since the early 1960s. The population is 3, according to the 2010 Census . The village of Brewster was founded in 1910 and for decades flourished from phosphate mining ...
November 13, 1966 [1] San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in Wakulla County, Florida organized around the historic site of a Spanish colonial fort (known as Fort St. Marks by the English and Americans), which was used by succeeding nations that controlled the area. The Spanish first built wooden buildings and a ...
Prospect Bluff Historic Sites (until 2016 known as Fort Gadsden Historic Site, and sometimes written as Fort Gadsden Historic Memorial) [4] is located in Franklin County, Florida, on the Apalachicola River, 6 miles (9.7 km) SW of Sumatra, Florida. The site contains the ruins of two forts . The earlier and larger one was built by the British in ...
MountainPeaks.net.Mountainpeaks.net, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-29. Notes: All Northern Florida Highlands peaks and Brooksville Ridge peaks except Citrus County High Point, Frazee Hill, Oak Hill, Pasco County High Point (Unnamed peak near Jessamine Lake Northeast), and Unnamed Peak southeast of Brooksville