Blountstown, Florida - Artistic Welcome Signs on Waymarking.com

The wooden welcome sign depicts a paddle steamer/steamship on the Apalachicola River during the heyday of steamship travel in the United States.

"Blountstown is a city in Calhoun County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,444 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 2,433. It is the county seat of Calhoun County.

Blountstown is named for John Blount, a Seminole Indian Chief who served as a guide for General Andrew Jackson during his invasion of Spanish Florida in 1818. This invasion caused the United States to purchase Florida from Spain and the territory became a part of the U.S. in 1821."

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