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	Fort Frederica National Monument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Simons Island, Georgia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort and town built by James Oglethorpe between 1736 and 1748 to protect the southern boundary of the British colony of Georgia from Spanish raids.
		Fort Frederica was established in 1736 by colonists from England, Scotland, and the Germanic states to support this endeavor.
		Fort Frederica was authorized as a National Monument on May 26, 1936.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Frederica_National_Monument (298 words)

	Fort Caroline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Caroline was the first permanent, year-round French colony in North America, founded in present-day Jacksonville, Florida in 1562, but it lasted only a few years before being obliterated by the Spanish.
		Marching his troops overland, he surprised the Fort Caroline garrison at dawn on September 20, which then numbered about 200 to 250 people.
		Fort Caroline was authorized as a National Memorial on September 21, 1950, and established on January 16, 1953.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Caroline (466 words)

	Fort Caroline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fort Caroline was the first permanent French colony in North America, located near present-day Jacksonville, Florida.
		Marching his troops overland he surprised the Fort Caroline garrison at dawn on September 20, 1565, which then numbered about 200 to 250 people.
		The Fort Caroline National Memorial, a unit of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, is a 46,000 acre (186 km²) educational and tourist center honoring the history of the settlement.
	www.wapipedia.com /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Ft._Caroline (409 words)

	Florida Historic Places - Fort Caroline National Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fort Caroline National Memorial, administered by the National Park Service, memorializes the French presence in Florida.
		The original site of Fort de la Caroline has never been determined and is believed to have been located near the present day Memorial.
		Fort Caroline is ten miles east of Jacksonville and can be reached by traveling east on Florida 10, turning on St. Johns Bluff Road, then Monument Road, and proceeding east on Fort Caroline Road.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/geo-flor/22.htm (249 words)

	Fort Caroline - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fort Caroline settlement near the mouth of the St. Johns River, NE Fla.; est.
		Fort Caroline National Memorial includes a replica of the original fort (see National Parks and Monuments, table).
		July death deemed homicide Police hunt the Fort Caroline Road victim's stolen automobile.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FortCaro.asp (342 words)

	Fort Florida - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		In 1562 Spanish claims to Florida were challenged by Jean Ribault, a French naval captain, who discovered the mouth of the Saint Johns River and...
		Fort Lauderdale, city in southeastern Florida and seat of Broward County.
		Fort Pierce, city, seat of Saint Lucie County, eastern Florida, on the Saint Lucie River and the Indian River (a lagoon connected by inlets to the...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Fort+Florida (123 words)

	Fort Tours \| Fort Caroline
		Fort Caroline National Memorial was created to memorialize the Sixteenth Century French effort to establish a permanent colony in Florida.
		There is no public transportation to Fort Caroline National Memorial.
		Private vehicles are required to reach the four main sites which comprise the Fort Caroline National Memorial.
	www.forttours.com /pages/fortcaroline.asp (139 words)

	MenÃ©ndez de AvilÃ©s, Pedro - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro, 1519-74, Spanish naval officer and colonizer, founder of Saint Augustine, Fla. He went to sea as a youth and so distinguished himself that by the time he was 35 he held the captain generalcy of the Indies fleet, which convoyed treasure ships from the New World to Spain.
		With Fort Caroline virtually defenseless, Menéndez marched overland and on Sept. 21 killed most of the French there.
		Ribaut and his men, driven ashore S of St. Augustine, were captured as they tried to reach Fort Caroline by land, and all but a few were slain.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-MenendezA.html (350 words)

	Fort Caroline National Memorial - Florida National Parks
		Fort Caroline National Memorial is located near the intersection of Monument Road and Fort Caroline Road, approximately 14 miles east of downtown Jacksonville.
		A near full-scale rendering of the original Fort de la Caroline illustrates the modest defenses upon which the the Sixteenth Century French Colonists depended.
		Fort Caroline Road, opposite Fort Caroline National Memorial Visitor Center.
	florida.gocampingusa.com /nationalparks/fortcaroline.htm (554 words)

	Fort Caroline National Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fort Caroline National Memorial commemorates the establishment in 1564 of the French settlement of La Caroline, which was to be an experimental outpost where the Huguenots (French Protestants) would be granted religious tolerance.
		Knowing that La Caroline was undefended, Menendez captured the village on September 20, 1565 and killed 140 defenders.
		Were it not for sixteenth-century Spanish attention to detail with regard to butchering the oppostion, Fort Caroline might be as well known to the average American as Jamestown, Plymouth, or Saint Augustine.
	www.mikestrong.com /fortcar (1362 words)

	Florida Forts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A Spanish fort or blockhouse destroyed by the SC colonial militia in 1702.
		A Spanish fort on the north bank of the Matanzas River, northeast of the city, near the present-day Vilano Bridge.
		The fort was rebuilt or reconfigured in 1738, 1752, and 1762.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/fl.html (2285 words)

	THINGS TO DO IN FLORIDA - Fort Caroline National Memorial
		Located at Fort Caroline National Memorial, the Timucuan Preserve visitor center hosts the exhibit "Where the Waters Meet." This exhibit showcases the richness of the environment in northeast Florida and how humans have interacted with this environement for thousands of years.
		Before you explore the fort model, take a few moments to learn a little about Fort Caroline through the exhibits located in the Visitor Center and along the trail to the fort.
		Across from the entrance to Fort Caroline National Memorial is Spanish Pond.
	www.thingstodo.com /states/FL/nationalparks/fortcaroline.html (440 words)

	Fort Caroline: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		When Caroline Macdonald graduated with honours in the...Carrie, now preferring to be known as Caroline, worked for three months with the London...
		With Fort Caroline virtually defenseless, Menendez...captured as they tried to reach Fort Caroline by land, and all but a few were...
		Fort Caroline was in desperate straits when...Menendez de Aviles attacked Fort Caroline by land and massacred most of...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101244651 (1781 words)

	staugustine.com: the oldest city's home on the Net
		Fort Matanzas is a monument that commemorates the Spanish phase of Colonial American history in Florida.
		On Oct. 15, 1924, the fort was proclaimed a national monument, and in 1933 control of the fort was transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service.
		Dick Orsini, who has ferried passengers to the fort for 24 years, said the biggest change he has seen over the years is the "addition of new bathrooms." He also said, "The number of visitors coming to the fort is growing steadily.
	www.staugustine.com /history/fort_matanzas.shtml (1067 words)

	Fort Matanzas light tackle, fly & deep sea fishing
		Fort Matanzas was already in poor condition by 1819 when Florida was purchased by the United States through the Adams-Onís Treaty.
		Fort Matanzas was proclaimed a National Monument on October 15, 1924.
		In 1999 the coquina chimney was reconstructed, and Fort Matanzas received two replica iron 6-pounder cannon used in cannon firing demonstrations.
	www.floridalighttacklecharters.com /additionalinfo_city_ftmatanzas.htm (1864 words)

	Florida Public Lands: Fort Caroline National Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nothing remains of the original Fort de la Caroline; a near full-scale rendering of the fort, together with exhibits in the visitor center, provide information on the history of the French colony, their interaction with the native Timucua, and the colonists' brief struggle for survival.
		Car - Fort Caroline National Memorial is located near the intersection of Monument Road and Fort Caroline Road, approximately 14 miles east of downtown Jacksonville.
		Public Transportation - There is no public transportation to Fort Caroline National Memorial.
	www.biggamehunt.net /sections/Florida/public_lands/Fort_Caroline_National_Memorial.html (182 words)

	Wildernet - Fort Caroline National Memorial
		Fort Caroline National Memorial, a unit of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, is located in the East Arlington Section of Jacksonville at 12713 Ft. Caroline Road.
		Location - Fort Caroline is located in eastern Jacksonville, along the southern shores of St. Johns River several miles inland from the Atlantic.
		Fort Caroline is located on the road bearing the same name.
	areas.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=FLNPFOCA&CU_ID=1 (708 words)

	National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Fort Caroline National Memorial)
		At Fort Caroline, the battle between France and Spain for supremacy in North America was joined.
		The patron of the French colony was Adm. Gaspard de Coligny, a Huguenot who planned the colony at Fort Caroline as a haven for his persecuted coreligionists and as the basis for a French claim to counter that of Spain in the New World.
		The French fort was a threat to Spanish commerce, for the Spanish treasure fleets had to sail past it on their return to Spain.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/explorers/sitea11.htm (486 words)

	Fort Caroline Shores and Arlington Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Duval County, Florida
		Fort Caroline Shores and Arlington extend vital marshlands and breathtaking inlets to marine habitat along Florida’s First Coast.
		Fort Caroline Shores is characteristic of a peninsula in the St Johns River and luxury homes dot the coastline with brilliant views of the Dames Point Bridge.
		Fort Caroline Shores and Arlington offer a host of amenities to area residents and are convenient to magnet schools for academically talented students, regional commerce, historic sites and beaches.
	www.fortcarolineshores-arlington-realestate.com (824 words)

	Archaeology - Office of Cultural & Historical Programs
		Some of these coastal forts have disappeared, some are preserved as they originally were built, and others have undergone refurbishing and interpretation to provide us with a glimpse of our maritime past.
		Early forts were positioned to warn off competing claimants to Florida; later forts were built to defend settlements, ports, or naval installations.
		The first fort in Florida, Caroline, was built by the French on the St. Johns River in 1564.
	dhr.dos.state.fl.us /archaeology/underwater/maritime/forts/forts.cfm (719 words)

	Jacksonville Hotels: Fort Caroline National Memorial
		Fort Caroline National Memorial has many hotels located within 5 miles.
		Fort Caroline National Memorial is within the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve and marks the site near which French colonials established a settlement in 1564.
		The memorial contains a model of the fort, interpretive trails and Ribault Monument, an obelisk commemorating the first landing at St. Johns in 1562.
	www.roomrate.com /jacksonville/attractions/fortCaroline.asp (195 words)

	Fort Caroline National Memorial in Jacksonville, FL
		Fort Caroline National Memorial in Jacksonville, FL Fort de la Caroline, a triangular wood and earthen fortress, once stood near this site.
		Foiled in his initial efforts to destroy Fort de la Caroline, MenÃ©ndez sailed 30 miles south and established a settlement known today as St. Augustine.
		Descriptions of the fort by its commander and sketches by Jacques Le Moyne, artist and mapmaker, both of whom escaped the early attacks, served as a blueprint.
	www.vzlocal.com /info/detail/mtg-10331 (333 words)

	Ponte Vedra Beach-Ponte Vedra Real Estate-Jacksonville Florida Real Estate-Jacksonville
		Fort Caroline is an area less than 15 square miles east of downtown Jacksonville on the southern shore of the St. Johns River.
		In their leisure time, families in Fort Caroline take advantage of their natural surroundings by hiking, exploring, kayaking and fishing.
		Fort Caroline National Memorial, a part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, pays tribute to early French settlement efforts with a replica fort exhibit and visitor's education center.
	www.frankelrealtygroup.com /PageManager/Default.aspx/PageID=626842 (279 words)

	A visit to Fort Caroline, Florida (FL)
		The nearest report is for Mayport (FL) - which is 4 miles east of Fort Caroline.
		The community of Fort Caroline is located in Duval County.
		The city of Fort Caroline is just northeast of Jacksonville.
	www.roadsidethoughts.com /04/c04_3114000.htm (208 words)

	Fort Caroline National Memorial Park
		After initial exploration in 1562, a colony was established in 1564, only to be eliminated by Spanish forces from nearby St. Augustine in 1565.
		Nothing remains of the original Fort de la Caroline; a near full-scale rendering of the fort, together with exhibits in the Visitors Center, provide information on the history of the French colony, its interaction with the native Timucuans, and the colonists' brief struggle for survival.
		The Visitor Center at Fort Caroline National Memorial also serves as the principal interpretive center of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve.
	www.jacksonvillehotelsandmotels.com /Parks/fortcaroline.asp (167 words)

	Fort Caroline - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Fort Caroline - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Fort Caroline was the first permanent French colony in North America, located in present-day Jacksonville, Florida.
		Fort Caroline, History, Reconstruction, References, External links, IUCN Category V, 1562 establishments, 1953 establishments, Buildings and structures in Jacksonville, Forts in Florida, French North America, History of Florida, History of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, Lost cities and towns, National Memorials of the United States and Registered Historic Places in Florida.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Fort_Caroline (515 words)

	American West - Early Forts
		Fort Caroline, on the St. John's River near Jacksonville, Florida, was one of the very first forts here and was built by the French Huguenots in 1564.
		Fort at Jamestown, The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
		An overview of the excavation of the original fort at Jamestown Island.
	www.americanwest.com /pages/oldforts.htm (354 words)

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