Cantonment in Escambia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Cantonment
Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 4, 2016
1. Cantonment Marker
Grant to Don Manuel Gonzalez, was a rectangle along old Indian Trail, extending five miles from Cantonment to Gonzalez.
Erected 1955 by St. Regis Paper Company.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military. A significant historical year for this entry is 1814.
Location. 30° 36.701′ N, 87° 19.244′ W. Marker is in Cantonment, Florida, in Escambia County. It is at the intersection of Pensacola Boulevard (State Road 29) and Muscogee Road (County Road 184), on the right when traveling south on Pensacola Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cantonment FL 32533, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pensacola and on the Florida Panhandle. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vacaria Baja (here, next to this marker); Florida Honors and Remembers our POW's and MIA's (approx. 5 miles away); F-9 Cougar (approx. 5 miles away); Hyer-Knowles Planing Mill (approx. 13.1 miles away); Lavallet (approx. 13.3 miles away); Katharine A. Goldsmith R.N.
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Photographed by Craig Doda, December 23, 2018
2. Cantonment Marker
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 8, 2018
3. Cantonment Marker
Looking south on US 29 with CR 184 in the background. Post in the foreground is for the missing Vacaria Baja marker.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 4, 2016
4. Cantonment Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 21, 2016, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 3,052 times since then and 150 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 21, 2016, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. 2. submitted on November 27, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 3. submitted on May 8, 2018, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. 4. submitted on February 20, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
