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Spanish Fort High School is a high school in Spanish Fort, Alabama, United States that was founded in 2005 and graduated its first class in 2008. The school serves grades 9 - 12 and is part of the Baldwin County Public Schools .
Fort Alabama was destroyed and a new fort, Fort Foster, was built to replace it and named for Lieutenant Colonel William S. Foster. Fort Foster State Historic Site is a reproduction of the fort and is a part of the Hillsborough River State Park. [16] Fort Foster, Collier County - not to be confused with Fort Foster in Hillsborough County.
Spanish Fort is located at 30°40'7.403" North, 87°55'19.844" West (30.668723, -87.922179), [3] above the east shore of the Blakeley River where it enters Mobile Bay. U.S. Routes 90 and 98 (Battleship Parkway) lead west across the Mobile River and its distributaries 9 miles (14 km) to Mobile.
This fort was built in 1672-95 to protect early Spanish settlers. 2: De Soto National Memorial: March 11, 1948: west of Bradenton: Manatee: Commemorates the landing of Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto in 1539. De Soto's expedition was the first extensive exploration by Europeans of what is now the southern United States. 3: Dry Tortugas ...
San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in Wakulla County, Florida organized around the historic site of a Spanish colonial fort (known as Fort St. Marks by the English and Americans), which was used by succeeding nations that controlled the area. The Spanish first built wooden buildings and a stockade in the late ...
The 2,000-acre (810 ha) park is located on Alabama 225 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of the town of Spanish Fort, Alabama. The park is bounded on the east by the highway and by the river to the west. Mobile, Alabama can be seen in the distance across the river. Camping, both primitive and RV, is available year-round.
The southern terminus of SR 225 is located at its intersection with US 31 in Spanish Fort. From this point, the route generally travels in a northward direction, intersecting with Interstate 65 (I-65) at exit 31 before terminating 3 miles north of the interchange at SR 59 in Stockton .
The Mobile Campaign was a series of battles fought during the civil war in the Federals' efforts to capture the city of Mobile, Alabama. From March 26 to April 9, 1865, 6,000 outnumbered Confederate soldiers held off 45,000 Union soldiers that were attacking from Fort Blakeley and Spanish fort.