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Dry Tortugas history

  • 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