Smoky Morning at St. Marks Lighthouse, St. Marks Wildlife Refuge
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Smoky Morning at St. Marks Lighthouse, St. Marks Wildlife Refuge
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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Roughly twenty-five miles south of Tallahassee is found Florida’s Big Bend region where the state’s Gulf coastline changes from a north-south direction to an east-west direction. A river empties into the Gulf at this point, and it was here that an early settlement was established by the Spanish. The founding date of the settlement probably occurred on the feast day of St. Marks, as that name was applied to both the town and the river. In 1818, Andrew Jackson captured St. Marks from the Spanish, and three years later, control of Florida was officially transferred from Spain to the United States.
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July 11th, 2017
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