The Maps

The Wild and Scenic Wakulla River
http://www.wakullasprings.org

Another map (not in the book) for those who are reading. This was East Florida with a reference to “Apalache Fort”:

Historic Maps Available Online:

1796 Map of the State of Georgia https://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1796g4.jpg
1760 Spanish map, confluence of Apalachy and East Rivers with quarry (cantera) southwest of Fuerte San Marcos de Apalache.
1721-1724 Map of Georgia/Southeast America showing Fuerte San Marcos de Apalache
https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/viewer/?file=jp2files/hmap/sids/hmap1721-1724b3.jp2
1760 Spanish map showing quarry (cantera) southwest of Fuerte San Marcos de Apalache.
Ministerio de Defensa, Centro Geografica del Ejercita (Madrid)
” A sketch of the entrance from the sea to Apalachy and part of the environs.” 1767 outline map of rivers “falling into Apalachee Bay” by George Gauld.
William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-865/wcl000959
Following the American Revolution, American settlers gradually moved west into Creek (Muskogean) lands. The largest land cession followed the Creek Wars (1813/1814) when 22 million acres were lost to the USA.
(Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia)
Kennard Trading Path from St. Marys River (Traders Hill) northwest to Kennard settlement near today’s Albany, GA.
http://www.davidrumsey.com
1815: At the Wakulla Spring two structures of Juan and Guillermo Kinnaird (Kennard) prompted historic and archaeological research.
http://Pintado, Vicente Sebastián. Plano Borrador de las posesiones de los Señores Forbes y Compañia entre los Ríos Apalachicola y San Marcos en la Florida Occidental. Digital access to map: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3932a.lh000880/
Choctaw and traders in similar setting (Louisiana) as the Creek living along the Wakulla River.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Choctaw_Village_by_Francois_Bernard.jpg

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  1. Book looks intriguing – every library should have one…

    You have done some wonderful things for Wakulla Springs and the history of the region. Keep up the great work and let me know if I can help in any way!

    —ROB

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