Fort Heilman - Middleburg, Florida
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macleod1
N 30° 04.376 W 081° 51.866
17R E 416686 N 3327181
This is located in front of a shopping center on S.R. 21.
Waymark Code: WM3NR1
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2008
Views: 57
Fort Heilman, named after Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Julius F. Heilman, was built in the mid 1830's at the spot where the north and south forks of Black Creek join. It was a temporary wooden stockade used during the First Seminole War as a quartermaster work shop and storage depot. Clustered around the stockade were the log huts of the small village of Garey's Ferry. When the Indian wars ended the fort was abandoned.
Marker Number: R-58
Date: 1961
County: Clay
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials
Website: Not listed
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