1758 — Hurricane, San Marcos de Apalache Spanish fortification, St. Marks, FL — 40

–40 Dunn and Miller. Atlantic Hurricanes (Revised Edition). 1964, Appendix B, p. 314.
–40 Historical Marker Database. “San Marcos de Apalache” marker. 7-29-2013 posting.
–40 Rappaport and Partagas. The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492-1994. 1995, p.24.

Narrative Information

Dunn and Miller: Deaths due to drowning. (Dunn and Miller 1964, 314.)

Historical Marker Database Marker Inscription: “This is the site of the original Spanish fortifications. The first fort was a flimsy wooden fort started in 1678 and completed in 1679. The second fort, also of wood was built in 1718 on this site. A hurricane flooded this fort in 1758 and forty men were drowned. The effects of this hurricane required a new start on the construction of the stone fort.” (Historical Marker Database. “San Marcos de Apalache” marker. 7-29-2013 posting.)

Sources

Dunn, Gordon E. and Banner I. Miller. Atlantic Hurricanes (Revised Edition). Baton Rouge LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1964, 377 pages.

Historical Marker Database. “San Marcos de Apalache” marker. 7-29-2013 posting. Accessed 9-4-2022 at: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=67115

Rappaport, Edward N. and Jose Fernandez-Partagas. The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492-1994 (NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC-47). Coral Gables, FL: National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, January 1995, 42 pages. Accessed 8-20-2017 at: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NWS-NHC-1995-47.pdf