San Marcos de Apalache

"El Fuerte de San Marcos de Apalache (Fort St. Marks en inglés) es un Hito Histórico Nacional de los Estados Unidos localizado en el Condado de Wakulla, Florida. Fue construido en 1679 por los españoles con el objeto de proteger a una misión localizada en el mismo lugar fundada en 1672. En el siglo XIX fue ocupado por Andrew Jackson y sus tropas durante la Primera Guerra Semínola, pasando finalmente a manos de EE. UU. en 1821, siendo denominado a partir de entonces Fort St. Marks. El fuerte fue finalmente abandonado en 1824, aunque fue utilizado aún en la Guerra de Secesión Americana."

"San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in Wakulla County, Florida organized around the historic site of a Spanish colonial fort (known as Fort St. Marks by the English and Americans), which was used by succeeding nations that controlled the area. The Spanish first built wooden buildings and a stockade in the late 17th and early 18th centuries here, which were destroyed by a hurricane. The stone fort was built beginning in 1753. It came under successive control by Great Britain, Spain, the United States and, lastly, the Confederacy during the American Civil War. The Confederate Army built a Marine hospital from the materials of the fort. The US took control of the site again in 1865, and the fort site was abandoned. On November 13, 1966, the fort area was designated a National Historic Landmark because of its significance and added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Designated as a National Engineering Landmark, the fort site has been highlighted on the Florida Native American Heritage Trail. The historic park is located in the vicinity of St. Marks, off S.R. 363, at 148 Old Fort Road."