Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2015-09-14 Public domain in the USA. 172 United States. National Park Service National Park Service (U.S.) United States. Department of the Interior. National Park Service Service, United States National Park Service, National Park Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida" by United States. National Park Service is a historical account published in the mid-20th century. This book provides an overview of Fort Jefferson, the largest of the 19th-century American coastal forts, and explores its significance as a strategic military site in the Gulf of Mexico. The text also delves into the surrounding natural environment, highlighting the unique wildlife and maritime history associated with the fort. The book outlines the history of Fort Jefferson, detailing its construction beginning in 1846 and its role during the Civil War when it served as a prison for the "Lincoln Conspirators." It discusses the fort's eventual abandonment in 1874 due to various factors, including disease and hurricane damage, while also showcasing its later military significance and the wildlife, particularly the nesting sooty terns, that flourishes in the area. The narrative encapsulates the rich maritime history and ecological importance of the Dry Tortugas Islands, making the fort not only a strategic military installation in its time but also a vital natural habitat. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Dry Tortugas National Park (Fla.) Fort Jefferson (Fla.) F296 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography Category: History - American Category: History - Warfare Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 51158 2025-06-20T06:06:20.003058 text/html 24774 2024-10-24T18:01:25 text/html 779350 2025-06-20T06:06:24.711071 application/epub+zip 777527 2025-06-20T06:06:22.245083 application/epub+zip 83345 2025-06-20T06:06:21.054052 application/epub+zip 807381 2025-06-20T06:06:26.354025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 798612 2025-06-20T06:06:23.691144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106510 2022-09-22T15:25:36.191103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31229 2025-06-20T06:06:19.635062 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11395 2024-10-24T18:01:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16434 2025-06-20T06:06:26.494015 application/rdf+xml 19434 2025-06-20T06:06:21.139037 image/jpeg 3212 2025-06-20T06:06:21.096054 image/jpeg 696054 2025-06-20T06:06:20.035088 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia