Spanish-American War fort acquired by trust, turned over to Timucuan Ecological and Historic Reserve

More than a century after the last soldier left, the defense of Jacksonville’s Spanish-American War fort ended Friday with the once-forgotten fort back in the hands of the federal government that once sold it.

The North Florida Land Trust donated the gun emplacement overlooking the St. Johns River to the National Park Service, which had feared the property would be lost to development before the trust bought it.

https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20181214/once-all-but-forgotten-19th-century-fort-on-st-johns-river-given-to-national-park-service