Battery Worth

Battery Worth, built in 1899, is located east of Fort Pickens and west of Battery Langdon. The gun emplacement is named after Brevet Major General William J.

Worth who distinguished himself during the War of 1812, the Second Seminole War, ...

Coast Guard Station

Two decades after the end of the Civil War, the first U.S. Life Saving Station at Pensacola Bay was established just four miles east of Fort Pickens.

Charged with patrolling the seashore day and night, the crew assisted stranded voyagers. ...

Chasefield Plantation Graves

Located just east of Fort Pickens is a unique collection of burial markers called the Chasefield Plantation Gravestones. Interestingly, the gravestones have no bodies buried beneath their soil.

Originally located at the mainland site of Chasefield Plantation - home of ...

Battery Langdon

Completed in 1923, Battery Langdon is named after General Loomis L. Langdon, who spent three tours at Fort Pickens and served as its commander while famed Apache leader, Geronimo, was held there.

Featuring the largest pair of guns positioned at ...

Battery Cooper

Named after Lieutenant George A. Cooper of the 15th U.S Infantry, construction on Battery Cooper began in December of 1905 and finished one year later.

The original design utilized two 6-inch Model 1903 rapid-fire guns mounted on disappearing carriages. This ...

Battery 234

Construction of Battery 234 began as an answer to the increased naval threat of German and Japanese forces during the Second World War. This emplacement utilized a 6" turret-like shield-gun, featuring a steel shell that protected its crew from machine-gun ...

Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site- Introduction

Welcome to Arcadia Mill! We are excited that you stopped by to explore our site. Arcadia Mill is a historical and archaeological site with a history spanning almost 200 years.

Arcadia was the largest water-powered industrial complex in antebellum Northwest ...

Fort Christmas Park and Museum

On December 25, 1837, a force of 2,000 U.S. Army soldiers and Alabama volunteers arrived near this spot and constructed the eponymous fort.

Fort Christmas was only one of over 200 forts planned for construction during the Second Seminole Indian ...

Museum of Florida Art and Culture

The Museum of Florida Art and Culture contains exhibits on the Native American cultures of the Lake Wales Ridge and Kissimmee Valley, including artifacts from the Blueberry Site. Also at the museum are paintings by Florida artists that interpret Florida's ...

Mt. Royal Archaeological Site

This archaeological site was famously described and illustrated by botanist William Bartram in 1765. Archaeologist Clarence B. Moore excavated a large and a small mound at the site in 1894.

Excavations in the 1950s and by the Florida Bureau of Archaeological ...