PALATKA
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overrover
N 29° 38.928 W 081° 38.418
17R E 438027 N 3280041
Located in front of the Palatka Police Station on East Reid St (SR 100).
Waymark Code: WMJ2N
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2006
Views: 38
Established as a trading post in 1821, the settlement was burned in the Seminole War (1836). In 1838, the U.S. Government constructed Fort Shannon which served as a garrison, supply depot and hospital for the forts in the southern area of Florida. Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor, and William T. Sherman were stationed here. During the Civil War the city was occupied by Federal troops. In the postwar period, Palatka became one of the leading tourist centers of Florida.
Marker Number: F-83
Date: 1962
County: Putnam
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials in cooperation with the City of Palatka
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