St. Augustine, Florida's Colonial Capital

Contents

I Settlement 3: The Spanish Treasure Fleets 4; The Huguenots Occupy Florida 6; Don Pedro MenÉndez 8; The Rival Fleets 10; The Turn of the Tide 12; Capture of Fort Caroline 12; The Victor Returns 14; Fate of the Shipwrecked French 14; Other Difficulties 16; Gunpowder Versus Arrows 16; MenÉndez Goes to Spain 18; On the Brink of Failure 18; Death of MenÉndez 19
II The Years Accumulate 20: First English Visit 20; Saving of Savage Souls 23; Another Crisis 26; Capital of La Florida 26
III The English Threat 29: A Midnight Raid 29; A Stone Fort at Last 30; Settlement of Pensacola 32; Border Conflict 32; The Shipwrecked Quakers 32; The Castle’s First Test 34; The Capital’s Defenses 35; Palmer’s Raid 36; Oglethorpe’s Siege 37; Further Hostilities 40
IV Under British Rule 43: British Rule Begins 44; The New Smyrna Colony 46; During the Revolution 49; Another Treaty 50
V Spanish Rule Returns 52: The North Florida Republic 55; A Bit of Spain 56; Ceded to the United States 57
VI Under the United States 58: Visitors Begin to Arrive 58; The Freeze of 1835 59; The Seminole War 61; A Peaceful Interlude 62; During the Civil War 64; Tourist Industry Resumed 65; Its Isolation Broken 66; The Flagler Influence 66; The Changing Scene 69; St. Augustine Today 71
PUBLICATIONS 73

Don Pedro MenÉndez de Aviles, the great Spanish admiral, who founded St. Augustine and made Florida a Spanish province.

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