Yep... didn't I say we're fortunate to have so many forts within driving distance? LOL. We've also taken them to Charleston and to visit some of my old friends in Mobile... plenty of fort opportunities in those places, too. :-)
Cee ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: Gatortalk Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Down on the boardwalk... Actually, in Florida you're always close to several old fort sites. The Spanish only colonized coastal cities and pretty much left the interior to the indigenous people. When the US acquired it the pressure from the booming populations of the southern states due to spent land and European immigration required a long war with the indians with homesteaders living around and between a network of forts to which they frequently fled for protection. The same pattern as the West. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Cecilia" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:00:58 -0500 To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Down on the boardwalk... We love Ft. Clinch. My grandkids ask to go there every time they're here. :-) They love forts, period... I think my daughter and I have done a good job of introducing them to historical sites. And we're fortunate to have so many of them within driving distance. Cee ----- Original Message ----- From: Arthur Polhill To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Down on the boardwalk... I believe they are reinactors, but haven't been over to the fort. I've been coming here since a child growing up in the Jax. We get a spot at the beach campground facing the sea so we have a great view out the windows. Occasionally see a sub going out or coming into from Kings Bay. I've had a long association with Fort Clinch. During my career, working out of Tallahassee I supervised the educational programs at a Youth Services camp for juvenile delinquents that was housed in the old officers club building which stood where the beach campground is now located. I was in here once a month for 4 1/2 years for at least one night. Unfortunately, the facility burned down. All the kids and staff escaped injury, but the historic facility was a total loss. Here's a good aerial view. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FortClinchAir.jpg A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Randy Lyons <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, December 15, 2010 7:04:54 PM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Down on the boardwalk... Been there – done that … many times. I love Ft. Clinch. Does the Park Service still have that infantry stationed there? Interesting visit for the history buffs. Randy From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Polhill Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Down on the boardwalk... Ft. Clinch State Park at Fernandina Beach. I can see Georgia from my porch! A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jay Cicone <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, December 15, 2010 9:22:12 AM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Down on the boardwalk... Is that near Anastasia? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:08 AM To: Gatortalk; Harold (Hal) Leon Polhill; Asst. Principal Diane Leinenbach Subject: [gatortalk] Down on the boardwalk... Down by the sea. In all kinds of weather... 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