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Creation Date
3-13-2016
Description
The marker reads: "OLD FORT PARK This earth work located on ground once part of the plantation of E.A. Houston, father of Captain Patrick Houston (later state adjutant general) who commanded the Confederate artillery at the Battle of Natural Bridge, is a silent witness of the efforts of the citizens of Tallahassee to protect the capitol of Florida from capture by Federal troops under General John Newton. CONTINUED ON OPPOSITE SIDE" Top of the sign: Image of the Great Seal of the State of Florida – In God We Trust
Latitude, Longitude
30 deg 25' 47.01", 84 deg 15' 58.81"
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
Taylor, George Lansing, Jr.; Lance Taylor; Photographers -- Florida –Jacksonville; Photograph collections -- Florida – Jacksonville; Historic markers – Florida – Leon County; Tallahassee (Fla.); Earthworks (Archaeology); Fort Houstoun (Tallahassee, Fla.); Confederate fortification; United States – History – Civil War; 1861-1865; City parks; Fort parks; Images; photographs