Bartram Trail -- Fort Pickens, Pensacola Beach FL
N 30° 19.492 W 087° 16.705
16R E 473234 N 3354817
A Bartram Trail marker at Fort Pickens preserves his historic description of Pensacola Bay
Waymark Code: WMND56
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2015
Views: 22
A Bartram Trail historic marker at Fort Pickens describes Bartram's observations of Pensacola Bay.
The marker reads as follows:
"William Bartram Trail
Traced 1773-1777
In 1775 William Bartram described Pensacola's natural harbor safe and large enough to shelter all of the Navies of Europe.
Erected by
Ivy Garden Club of District One
in cooperation with
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
and
National Park Service, Department of the Interior"
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