As an author who writes about America’s oldest city, I have now opened my St. Augustine photos to the general public. So whether you are doing research on St. Augustine, or simply planning a visit there, feel free to use the 24 galleries listed...
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The St. Augustine Monster was the name given to the remains of a huge, mysterious sea creature discovered on November 30, 1896 by two boys riding their bikes on a north Florida beach. That discovery led to multiple scientific investigations right...
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In the early days of old St. Augustine, Florida, pirates haunted the waters surrounding that Spanish colonial city. They attacked many times, stealing everything they could, burning the town and its wooden fort, and killing Spanish citizens. It...
Read moreColonial St. Augustine, Florida. Regulations for schools, classrooms, teachers and students. Talk about educational control! If you have ever thought you had a lot of rules to follow in school, check out the ones below from 1786 in the colonial...
Read moreA Book Review Author – Brad Lookingbill A Native American and Associate Professor of History at Columbia College, Missouri University of Oklahoma Press, 290 p. Brad Lookingbill’s book is a gift to lovers of U.S. and Native American...
Read moreIn 1842, soon after the end of the Second Seminole War, the U.S. Army brought the remains of over 1300 soldiers from across Florida to St. Augustine for interment. Those remains now lie under three coquina pyramids in the St. Augustine National...
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Read moreIn the early history of St. Augustine, Maria Sanchez Creek ran deep into the current downtown section of the city. Over the years, its farthest reaches were filled in up to the area where Flagler College now sits. Then in the 1880’s...
Read moreFor over 300 years, the Castillo de San Marcos has stood guard over the city of St. Augustine. Begun by the Spanish in 1672, the structure was finally completed in 1695. Because previous wooden forts kept getting burned down by invaders, this one...
Read moreOn June 1, 2012, reenactors in sixteenth century dress will march down St. George Street in St. Augustine warning citizens of the impending attack by the Englishman Sir Francis Drake. Well, an attack that will be similar to one Drake and his crew...
Read morePhotos compliments of Searle’s Buccaneers and BD Cooper
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If you have ever thought you had a lot of school rules to follow when you were a kid, check out the ones below from 1786 in the city of St. Augustine. This was during the final decades when the Spanish owned Florida. In those days, schooling was...
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