The Fort Barrancas Story

Fortress. Redoubt. Stronghold. Tower. Castle. Bastion. No matter the word for them, forts across the United States have stood the test of time and the elements, even after they outlived their usefulness. Between their splintered beams and cracked brick facades, the story of a nation is told.

Fort Barrancas, located along the shoreline bluffs of Pensacola Bay, Florida, stands as an early relic of the continent’s naval defense, and is a literal monument to human engineering and architecture. Built next to the original 1698 Spanish “Fort San Carlos,” this “Bastion on the Bluffs” was completed in 1844. In The Fort Barrancas Story, author David Ogden goes into full detail about the fort’s design, its erratic ownership and conflicts—from Spain to Britain to America—and its often-overlooked influence on the trajectory of American military strategy.

Product Details

• Historical nonfiction
• 32 pages, approx. 6”x 9”, soft cover
• Text by David P. Ogden
• Printed in USA, published by Eastern National