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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Bayport, Florida, Fort Jefferson, Florida, Aladdin City, Florida, Indian Key, Florida, Fort Gadsden, Flamingo, Florida, Fort De Soto Park, Hall City, Florida, List of ghost towns in Florida, Pigeon Key, Florida, Fort King, Fort Mose Historic State Park, Paynes Creek Historic State Park, Perky, Florida, Pinecrest, Monroe County, Florida, Rosewood, Florida, Snake Bight, Florida, Newnansville, Florida, Fort Dallas, Gulf City, Florida, Brewster, Florida, Fort Lonesome, Florida, Mannfield, Florida, Fort Drum, Florida, Yamato Colony, Florida, Magnolia, Florida, Fort Brooke, St. Joseph, Florida, Port Leon, Florida, Kerr City, Florida, Eldora, Florida, Pine Level, DeSoto County, Florida, Andytown, Florida, Traxler, Florida, Green Pond, Florida, Muscogee, Florida, Acron, Florida, Vicksburg, Florida, Rochelle, Florida, Yukon, Florida. Excerpt: Fort Jefferson is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located on Garden Key in the lower Florida Keys within the Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles (110 km) west of the island of Key West. Fort Jefferson is a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is composed of over 16 million bricks. It is located at, its elevation 0 feet (0 m). Fort Jefferson Moat - Dry TortugasIn late December 1824 and early January 1825, about five years after Spain sold Florida to the United States for $5 million, U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter inspected the Dry Tortugas islands. He was on the lookout for a site for a naval station that would help suppress piracy in the Caribbean. Unimpressed with what he saw, he notified the Secretary of the Navy that the Dry Tortugas were unfit for any kind of naval establishment. He reported that they consist of small sand islands a little...
