Gates Creek. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Gates Creek in 1982 much as it must have looked to Josiah Gates and the first white settlers of Manatee County. This view was taken from Upper Manatee River Road looking to the site of Fort Hamer. The Second Seminole War fort was located on the south side of the Manatee River, a short ferry-ride across from where the military trail from Fort Brooke ended. Gates Creek in 1982 much as it must have looked to Josiah Gates and the first white settlers of Manatee County. This view was taken from Upper Manatee River Road looking to the site of Fort Hamer. The Second Seminole War fort was located on the south side of the Manatee River, a short ferry-ride across from where the military trail from Fort Brooke ended. Fort Hamer Gates, Josiah United States Florida--Manatee County Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Gates Creek.
University of South Florida Tampa Library
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Gates Creek in 1982 much as it must have looked to Josiah Gates and the first white settlers of Manatee County. This view was taken from Upper Manatee River Road looking to the site of Fort Hamer. The Second Seminole War fort was located on the south side of the Manatee River, a short ferry-ride across from where the military trail from Fort Brooke ended.
Gates Creek in 1982 much as it must have looked to Josiah Gates and the first white settlers of Manatee County. This view was taken from Upper Manatee River Road looking to the site of Fort Hamer. The Second Seminole War fort was located on the south side of the Manatee River, a short ferry-ride across from where the military trail from Fort Brooke ended.
Fort Hamer
Gates, Josiah
United States
Florida--Manatee County
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection