Cantonment
Posted by: 
Markerman62
N 30° 36.700 W 087° 19.246
16R E 469254 N 3386610
Located on US 29 at CR 184
Waymark Code: WMY87G
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2018
Views: 4
Cantonment, site of encampments of General Jackson's troops, 1814 on punitive expedition against Spanish in Florida; 1821, while awaiting transfer of Florida to him as provisional governor, July 21, 1821.
Grant to Don Manuel Gonzalez, was a rectangle along old Indian Trail, extending five miles from Cantonment to Gonzalez.
Marker Number: None
Date: 1955
County: Escambia
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: St. Regis Paper Company
Website: Not listed
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