The Apalachicola Arsenal, originally known as the Mt. Vernon Arsenal, was built by the United States Army and served as an arms depot during the Second Seminole Indian War. Construction began in 1832, and was completed in 1839. The original compound . . . — — Map (db m79625) HM
The Apalachicola Arsenal, originally known as the Mt. Vernon Arsenal, was built by the United States Army and served as an arms depot during the Second Seminole Indian War. Construction began in 1832, and was completed in 1839. The original compound . . . — — Map (db m79626) HM
The Apalachicola River flows 107 miles from its source at the Jim Woodruff Dam to its mouth at Apalachicola Bay.
A vital ecological and water resource, it has a long history as a waterway for commercial, military, and recreational use. It is . . . — — Map (db m231584) HM
Archaeology of Nicolls' Outpost
The exact site of Nicolls Outpost was lost in the early 19th century and was not located again and nearly 200 years later.
An archaeological team from Pre-Columbian Archaeological Research Group, . . . — — Map (db m312840) HM
The signing of the Treaty of Nicolls' Outpost on March 10, 1815, was the final major event in the history of the British fort. It was evacuated by order of Lt. Col. Nicolls approximately one month later.
By the time of its evacuation, the . . . — — Map (db m312626) HM
This prehistoric mound is the largest of seven that once stood here at River Landing Park. Believed to date from the Fort Walton time period (A.D. 900-A.D. 1500), its original appearance was that of a flat-topped pyramid. Archaeologists believe that . . . — — Map (db m110893) HM
River Landing Park is sacred ground. A major culture flourished here more than 1,000 years ago, building a complex of at least seven platform mounds. The largest of these earthworks stands before you.
Construction of the mounds began nearly 2,000 . . . — — Map (db m231609) HM
Thousands of Years of History on the Banks of the Apalachicola River
You are standing on sacred ground.The short walking trail that begins here takes you on a journey thousands of years into the distant past.A series of interpretive . . . — — Map (db m312897) HM
The United States launched a campaign to drive British forces from the Apalachicola River during the winter of 1814-1815. Comprised of three planned wings, the American army was entrusted to the command of Brig. Gen. David Blackshear.
The . . . — — Map (db m312532) HM
Construction of the British fort at this site began in November 1814. By order of Lt. Col. Edward Nicolls, Royal Marines, soldiers built the post atop the large prehistoric Native American mound visible before you. The ramparts consisted of earth . . . — — Map (db m312458) HM
The 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo defined the international border dividing Spanish Florida from the newly formed United States.
No one who signed the treaty had ever seen it, but the point of land formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and . . . — — Map (db m230733) HM
The First Seminole War erupted when U.S. soldiers attacked the Lower Creek village of Fowltown near today's Bainbridge, Georgia, on November 21-23, 1817.
Native American and Maroon (escaped slave or Black Seminole) warriors retaliated by . . . — — Map (db m230902) HM
The wooden wrecks visible along the shoreline here are all that remain of once luxurious paddlewheel steamboats that plied the Apalachicola River from 1820s to the 1930s.
Marine archaeologists documented a large number of these vessels between . . . — — Map (db m303449) HM
Nicolls' Outpost
Nicolls' Outpost and its sister fort at Prospect Bluff were home to three Colonial Marines companies. These units were comprised largely of self-liberated Black men who marched away from slavery to fight for the freedom of . . . — — Map (db m312474) HM
Chattahoochee River Landing Park-An Apalachicola River Heritage Destination
This restored mound helps you visualize the original appearance of the seven prehistoric mounds that archaeologists believe stood here. Native Americans started . . . — — Map (db m216211) HM
Atop this large prehistoric mound stood Nicolls' Outpost, a British fort of the War of 1812. Built in the fall of 1814, it was a rectangular earthen redoubt with a surrounding stockade and was armed with two small cannons. Garrisoned by 180 white . . . — — Map (db m79455) HM
British troops arrived here in June 1814 as the War of 1812 entered its closing months. Initially, they worked to recruit and train Native American (Red Stick Creek, Seminole, Miccosukee, and Yuchi) warriors as auxiliaries.
The Apalachicola River . . . — — Map (db m231607) HM
River Landing Road follows the approximate route of the "Old Spanish Trail" or "Mission Road," a colonial era path that led west across Florida from St. Augustine.
Spanish friars and soldiers used the road to reach a chain of missions or religious . . . — — Map (db m230673) HM
Royal Marines on The Apalachicola River
The British intervention in Florida began in late May 1814. Capt. George Woodbine landed a detachment of Royal Marineson on St. Vincent Island at the mouth of the Apalachicola River. Native Americans . . . — — Map (db m312457) HM
A bloody battle fought on this site more than 200 years ago helped assure that Florida would become part of the United States.
Angered over an attack by American soldiers on the Lower Creek village of Fowltown near today's Bainbridge, Georgia, . . . — — Map (db m231593) HM
The first U.S. defeat of the Seminole Wars took place here on November 30, 1817. Several hundred Seminole, Creek and maroon (Black Seminole) warriors came to this site following raids by U.S. troops on the Creek Indian village of Fowltown near . . . — — Map (db m113147) HM
The outbreak of war between the Red Stick Creeks and the United State had far reaching implications. Thomas Perryman, principal chief of the Seminoles on the Apalachicola River, worried that U.S. forces might not distinguish between the Red . . . — — Map (db m312434) HM
At the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783, Florida was returned to Spain after twenty years of British control. Controversy soon arose over the exact location of the boundary between Spanish Florida and the state of Georgia. In 1795, . . . — — Map (db m79444) HM
Forging A New Alliance
British activity at Nicolls' Outpost did not conclude with news that the War of 1812 was over. Lt. Col. Nicolls convened a council here on March 10, 1815. The purpose was to forge a new alliance between Great Britain . . . — — Map (db m312583) HM
One-half mile to the north are the remains of the United States Arsenal erected by the United States Army Ordnance under an Act of Congress passed in 1832. The arsenal proper consisted of various buildings erected so that their exterior walls formed . . . — — Map (db m79447) HM
Victory Bridge is a monument to early 20th century engineering. Completed in 1922 at a cost of roughly $1 million, the bridge was built by Masters and Mullen Construction Company of Cleveland, Ohio.
Its name honors the Allied victory in World War . . . — — Map (db m230656) HM
U.S. & Great Britain at War
The United States of America declared war against Great Britain on June 18, 1812. The two countries had been on the brink of conflict since the HMS Leopard attacked the USS Chesapeake and forced several sailors . . . — — Map (db m312258) HM
The Creek War began as a chill conflict between two factions in the Creek Nation. On one side were the Red Sticks, followers of a nativist religious movement founded by the Prophet Josiah Francis. On the other were the adherents of the . . . — — Map (db m312323) HM
