The Fort Gadsden Historic Site in the Apalachicola National Forest is now open to the public for one Saturday a month.
The site has been closed to the public since Hurricane Michael hit our area in 2018.
The Historic Site sits on the east bank of the Apalachicola River in Northern Franklin County; it’s the only National Historic Landmark in the southeast located on National Forest Service land.
Fort Gadsden was once a bustling British trading post, and later a recruitment center for escaped slaves and Seminoles until the Fort’s destruction in 1816.
It was destroyed in 1816 when a cannonball entered the fort’s powder magazine, igniting an explosion that was heard more than 100 miles away, killing all but 30 of 300 occupants.
It has been called "the single deadliest cannon shot in American history.
If you would like to see the site for yourself, it is now open to the public on the second Saturday of each month as repairs to the site continue.
It can be found off of Highway 65 about 6 miles south of Sumatra.
The site has been closed to the public since Hurricane Michael hit our area in 2018.
The Historic Site sits on the east bank of the Apalachicola River in Northern Franklin County; it’s the only National Historic Landmark in the southeast located on National Forest Service land.
Fort Gadsden was once a bustling British trading post, and later a recruitment center for escaped slaves and Seminoles until the Fort’s destruction in 1816.
It was destroyed in 1816 when a cannonball entered the fort’s powder magazine, igniting an explosion that was heard more than 100 miles away, killing all but 30 of 300 occupants.
It has been called "the single deadliest cannon shot in American history.
If you would like to see the site for yourself, it is now open to the public on the second Saturday of each month as repairs to the site continue.
It can be found off of Highway 65 about 6 miles south of Sumatra.
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