Fort Place - St. Joeseph & Iola Railroad

Fort Place - St. Joeseph & Iola Railroad is a Florida historical marker in Wewahitchka, Gulf County, dedicated 1963.

South of Wewahitchka on S.R. 71, Wewahitchka

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Fort Place, forerunner of Wewahitchka, located one-quarter mile East was constructed in the early 1830's as a refuge from hostile Indians. It consisted of a hewn log blockhouse equipped with portholes for firearms, and was enclosed within a two acre stockade. No remains of Fort Place are visible today. The St. Joseph and Iola Railroad, completed in 1839, was the third railroad to use steam locomotives in Florida, and was the longest in Territorial Florida.

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Historical maps covering this location

1827 · Florida. Principal Mountains, Cities, &c. in North & South America. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1828 · The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Colton's Florida (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1860 · Johnson's Florida (1860) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1868 · Colton's Florida (1868) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana, 1828, covering the location of Fort Place - St. Joeseph & Iola Railroad, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana, 1828, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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