Fort Fransisco De Pupo

Fort Fransisco De Pupo (HM168Q)

Location: Green Cove Springs, FL 32043 Clay County
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N 29° 58.696', W 81° 37.758'

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Pupo is first mentioned in 1716 as the place where the trail from the Franciscan Indian missions and the Apalachee (present-day Tallahassee) to St. Augustine crossed the river. The Spanish Government built the fort on the St. Johns River some time before 1737. Pupo teamed with Fort Picolata on the Eastern shore. These forts protected the river crossing and blocked ships from continuing up stream. In 1738 after an attack by the British-allied Yuchi Indians, the fort was enlarged to a 30-by-16 blockhouse, surrounded by a rampart of timber and earth. During General James Oglethorpe's 1739-40 advance on St. Augustine, Lt George Dunbar unsuccessfully attacked Pupo on the night of December 28th. On January 7th and 8th, Oglethorpe himself took two days to capture the Spanish blockhouses. Oglethorpe reinforced the fort with a trench, which is still visible. Upon the British retreat from Florida, Fort San Francisco de Pupo was destroyed. Though the fort was never rebuilt, the site remained a strategically important ferry crossing. In the 1820's Florida's first federally built road, the Bellamy Road, used the river crossing on the route between St. Augustine and Pensacola.
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HM NumberHM168Q
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Marker NumberF-480_MARKER
Year Placed2003
Placed ByClay County Historical Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, September 21st, 2014 at 4:56pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 439291 N 3316543
Decimal Degrees29.97826667, -81.62930000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 58.696', W 81° 37.758'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 58' 41.76" N, 81° 37' 45.48" W
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Area Code(s)904
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 151-209 Leonard C Taylor Pkwy, Green Cove Springs FL 32043, US
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