Fort Barrancas (Fla.)
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Name (Latin)
Fort Barrancas (Fla.)
Other forms of name
United States. National Park Service. Fort Barrancas (Fla.)
Coordinates
-87.297561 -87.297561 30.347839 30.347839 (gooearth )
W0871750 W0871750 N0302053 N0302053 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
See Also From tracing place name
Fort San Carlos de Barrancas (Fla.)
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Sources of Information
- Encyc. of hist. forts, 1988(Fort Barrancas; Fort San Carlos de Barrancas ; history of fortifications on the barranca site goes back nearly three centuries to April 1693; complex history of the fortifications that once occupied the site of Pensacola's present Fort Barrancas and its near environs had for years confused both historians and history buffs; Fort Barrancas was constructed (1839-1840) on the site of Fort San Carlos; after Civil War used intermittently; end of World War II the harbor defenses were declared surplus to national security needs; in 1971 transferred to National Park Service which undertook the restoration)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 30°20ʹ53ʺN 087°17ʹ50ʺW)
- NUCMC data from Univ. of West Florida, Special Collections Dept. for Busey, S.T. Diary, 1865 Feb. 16-1865 Apr. 23(Fort Barrancas, Pensacola)
- Encyc. of hist. forts, 1988(Fort Barrancas; Fort San Carlos de Barrancas ; history of fortifications on the barranca site goes back nearly three centuries to April 1693; complex history of the fortifications that once occupied the site of Pensacola's present FortBarrancas and its near environs had for years confused both historians and history buffs; Fort Barrancas was constructed (1839-1840) on the site of Fort San Carlos; after Civil War used intermittently; end of World War II the harbor defenseswere declared surplus to national security needs; in 1971 transferred to National Park Service which undertook the restoration)