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Spanish Pond
This Florida Historical Marker is entitled Spanish Pond Fort Caroline National Monument Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve and is located in Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida. When traveling east, the marker is on Ft. Caroline Road, on the right.
Inscription on the Marker
The inscription reads:
Spanish Pond. Fort Caroline National Monument. 500 Spanish soldiers from St. Augustine marched for four days through the marsh, forest tangle, fierce wind, and heavy rainfall to an encampment near there. Exhausted and hungry, they rested in a downpour; at dawn, they attacked and captured France’s, Fort de la Caroline.
In 1565 Spaniards, slogging through wetlands like Spanish Pond to overtake Fort de la Caroline, saw an inhospitable environment. Today we see backyards. An open, pristine pine flatwoods once surrounded this spot; today, a fragmented forest with thick underbrush exists. Pristine or backyard, nature is still alive at Spanish Pond. Spring peepers, cricket frogs, and bullfrogs make choral sounds that our ears tune out. Small alligators and mud turtles laze near lily pads. Wood ducks dabble, great egrets gig frogs, and wood storks fish, clapping bills blindly through shallow water. Sunrise after sunset, the pond is here – but will it always be? From this point, take a quiet stroll along the edge of Spanish Pond or venture a more strenuous hike into the thick woods of the Theodore Roosevelt Area. Well-marked trails intersect, leading you through various habitats – pine flatwoods, oak hammocks, and tidal marsh. Sturdy shoes, ample drinking water, and insect repellent are recommended.
One-way trail distances: , Spanish Pond Trail: 1 mile, Timucuan Trail: 3/4 mile, Willie Browne Trail: 1 mile, Bicycles are allowed only on the Willie Browne Trail, and pets must be leashed on all park trails.
Marker Sponsor and Install Date for Spanish Pond
Placed by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
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The History of Jacksonville
More than a century before the Pilgrims set foot at Plymouth Rock, in 1513, Florida began its modern-day history, of which Orlando is a part.
During this period, Florida was still part of the United States Territory and not yet a state; therefore, many Native American tribes occupied land throughout Central Florida, including Seminole Indians who had migrated there from Georgia during the First Seminole War (1817-1818).
In 1838, the U.S. Army built Fort Gatlin south of the present-day Orlando City limits to protect settlers from attacks by Indians during the Second Seminole War. During the Civil War, Orlando’s role included supplying the Confederacy with food, cattle, and horses from the vast plantations in the region.
Today Orlando is recognized as a global tourist attraction and entertainment city.
About the Florida Historical Marker Program
One of the most well-known and noticeable public history initiatives of the Division of Historical Resources is the Florida Historical Marker Program. It is intended to increase residents’ and visitors’ enjoyment of Florida’s historic places and to increase public knowledge of the state’s rich cultural past.
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