Project Gutenberg 2015-09-14 Public domain in the USA. 76 United States. National Park Service National Park Service (U.S.) United States. Department of the Interior. National Park Service Service, United States National Park Service, National Park Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida" by United States. National Park Service is a historical account published in the mid-20th century. This book provides an overview of Fort Jefferson, the largest of the 19th-century American coastal forts, and explores its significance as a strategic military site in the Gulf of Mexico. The text also delves into the surrounding natural environment, highlighting the unique wildlife and maritime history associated with the fort. The book outlines the history of Fort Jefferson, detailing its construction beginning in 1846 and its role during the Civil War when it served as a prison for the "Lincoln Conspirators." It discusses the fort's eventual abandonment in 1874 due to various factors, including disease and hurricane damage, while also showcasing its later military significance and the wildlife, particularly the nesting sooty terns, that flourishes in the area. The narrative encapsulates the rich maritime history and ecological importance of the Dry Tortugas Islands, making the fort not only a strategic military installation in its time but also a vital natural habitat. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Dry Tortugas National Park (Fla.) Fort Jefferson (Fla.) F296 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 50771 50778 2024-09-20T17:02:22.275115 2023-09-21T13:17:01.125816 text/html text/html 45047 2015-09-14T15:15:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 675197 2015-09-14T15:16:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 779254 2024-09-20T17:02:26.912124 application/epub+zip 777521 2024-09-20T17:02:24.363123 application/epub+zip 83335 2024-09-20T17:02:23.303100 application/epub+zip 807345 2024-09-20T17:02:28.609074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 798592 2024-09-20T17:02:25.753074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106510 2022-09-22T15:25:36.191103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31249 31147 2024-09-20T17:02:21.781117 2023-09-21T13:17:00.642804 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 31529 2015-09-14T15:15:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 12167 2015-09-14T15:16:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 31475 2015-09-14T15:16:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 12125 2015-09-14T15:16:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20252 2024-09-20T17:02:28.740069 application/rdf+xml 19434 2024-09-20T17:02:23.376101 image/jpeg 3212 2024-09-20T17:02:23.339104 image/jpeg 695984 2024-09-20T17:02:22.303129 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia