Pensacola

Welcome to Pensacola, Florida, one of the earliest European settlement attempts in American History. Script written by Tim Roberts. Narrated by Jonathon Heide.

Site of Pensacola - St Augustine Road

Begun by a military detachment from Pensacola in 1824, the first federal highway in Florida was designed to connect the two principal cities of the new territory. Construction was later contracted to John Bellamy, wealthy Jefferson County planter, and the ...

Pensacola Lighthouse

Construction began 1856, was lit 1859 and is still in use at the present time.

This lighthouse replaced the original lighthouse built 1824, the first lighthouse on the Gulf Coast.

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