Fort Place-St. Joseph & Iola railroad
N 30° 03.370 W 085° 11.340
16R E 674582 N 3326391
Former Fort Place, now known as Wewahitchka.
Waymark Code: WMAR3X
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2011
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Fort Place, forerunner of Wewahitchka, located one-quarter mile East was constructed in the early 1830's as a refuge from hostile Indians.
It consisted of a hewn log blockhouse equipped with portholes for firearms, and was enclosed within a two acre stockade.
No remains of Fort Place are visible today.
The St. Joseph, and Iola Railroad, completed in 1839 was the third railroad to use steam locomotives in Florida, and was the longest in Territorial Florida.
Marker Number: F 107
Date: 1830
County: Gulf
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Florida board of parks and historical memorials
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