The fortifications and cannon of Prospect Bluff offered a daunting challenge for would-be attackers. These defenses were extensive and strong. It was quiet in mid-July 1816 as U.S. Navy gunboats waited in Apalachicola Bay for the arrival of American troops. This…
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The Year Without A Summer (Part 4)
The arrival of U.S. ships in Apalachicola Bay was not the only worry affecting life at Prospect Bluff in July 1816. Strange weather conditions had descended across much of the Northern Hemisphere, the result of a volcanic explosion thousands of…
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