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Dry Tortugas history

By Erik Silver
  • island discovered by ponce de leon

    island discovered by ponce de leon

    actually 1513 the computer is having trouble.
  • lighthouse was built in garden key

    lighthouse was built in garden key

    built to warn oncoming ships of construction and a dangerous reef
  • fort jefferson built

    fort jefferson built

  • brick lighthouse was built in loggerhead key

    brick lighthouse was built in loggerhead key

  • military abandons fort jefferson and left it to pirates

    military abandons fort jefferson and left it to pirates

  • franklin roosevelt established this monument

    franklin roosevelt established this monument

    made this park a monument under the antiquities act on january 4, 1935.

  • monument was expanded in 1983

  • treasure hunters blocked by goverment

    treasure hunters blocked by goverment

  • monument becomes a national park

    monument becomes a national park

  • queen elizabeth the second visited the national park

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