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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVBP_indian-prisoners_St-Augustine-FL.html
The fort was a prison for several hundred Plains Indians in 1875-78 (Comanche, Kiowa, Arapahoes, and Cheyenne) and in 1886-87 (Chiricahua Apaches). Originally confined in these casemates, they were soon moved to the terreplein to live in wooden st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVBN_la-necesaria_St-Augustine-FL.html
These two rooms were used as latrines.
From the Spanish plan of 1763.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVBM_plaza-courtyard_St-Augustine-FL.html
There were several attempts to capture St. Augustine. Twice (1683 and 1702) the townspeople fled to these walls for protection.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVB7_sentry-box_St-Augustine-FL.html
It enabled the sentry to watch outside the fort to the front and sides, and sheltered him from weather and enemy fire. These turrets were red against the white walls of the fort. You can help save the remaining red plaster by not touching it.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVB6_st-augustines-bastion_St-Augustine-FL.html
This bastion was named after the patron saint of the city. St. Augustine was established in 1565, 42 years before the English settled Jamestown - 55 years before the Pilgrims stepped onto Plymouth Rock. It grew from 800 people in 1565 to 3,000 in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVB5_firing-steps_St-Augustine-FL.html
After loading their muskets, the soldiers mounted these steps to fire over the parapet at the enemy.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVB3_st-peters-bastion_St-Augustine-FL.html
During Queen Anne's War (1702) English siege trenches came "within a pistol shot" of this point. English ships blockaded the harbor and 500 soldiers and indians took the town. The Castillo offered the only safety, so 200 Spanish soldiers and 1300 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVB2_lines-of-defense_St-Augustine-FL.html
Surrounding defenses made St. Augustine a walled town. From here you can see a reconstructed part of the Cubo Line, the log wall which barred the land approach. It extended from the fort, past the City Gate, to the San Sebasti?n River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV9S_the-builders-were-human_St-Augustine-FL.html
In 1682, a new engineer found that this bastion had been built 3 feet too low! By 1686, such mistakes were corrected. Labor for the fort included 100 Indians and Spaniards, plus a few convicts and slaves. Indian laborers got 20? per day; masons, $…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV9R_st-pauls-bastion_St-Augustine-FL.html
You are standing in a "bastion," looking along the "curtain" wall toward another "bastion." The angles are planned to expose attackers to cross fire from several walls.