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Show AMlflCAU' - CltlMToS.. St. Augustine Retains Old World Charm , ssv ttfteKl" if i - I ii pJitm- ":' '"J i fan Il7CT"v- ,! . ,;.-, ... ,3 OLDFST IIOI'SK ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. IN THE pages of Americana, many ejt.es are associated with the 'I words "romantic" and -historic." And, when such Is mentioned. ic city comes immediately to mind-St. Augustine, Florida. Rich in historical interest and Old World charm. St. Augustine is the nation's oldest city. It was or. August 28th (St. Augustine. Day) 1565 some 42 years before the settlement of Jamestown and 55 vears before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock . . . that the Spaniard's arrived at Indian- Village of Seloy, renamed it St. Augus-tine Augus-tine and claimed "the land of Florida." for Spain. Prior to Florida's annexation by the United States in 1821. the city was ruled for two centuries by the Spanish. It was an Knglish colony for twenty years and then reverted revert-ed to Spain again. The sound of musket and cannon have many times echoed over historic his-toric St. Augustine. In 1586 the city was attacked and burned by Sir Francis Drake. Eighty-two years later, Capt. John Davis and his British buccaneers pillaged the city, but left without burning it. After this attack, the Spaniards built a citadel of stone the Castillo Cas-tillo de San Marcos. This fort withstood with-stood many attacks, and remains today as the oldest standing fortification forti-fication in the U. S. Oglethorpe Failed British General Oglethorpe of Georgia twice attacked St. Augustine Augus-tine without success. In 1817 General Gen-eral Andrew Jackson invaded West Florida and on July 10, 1820, the Stars and Stripes were raised over St. Augustine, following cession of Florida from Spain. Almost Immediately after It became be-came a part of the United States. St. Augustine began to slowly gain renown as a health resort. Early visitors included Prince Achille Murat (nephew of Napoleon), and Ralph Waldo Emerson, a promising promis-ing young writer. In the 1880's, Henry M. Flagler, a visiting millionaire, was captured cap-tured by the old-world charm and flavor of St. Augustine. His vision and efforts brought great hotels, the extension of the railroad, and an influx of tourists that has continued con-tinued to this day. City of Charm The charm of St. Augustine is found in its climate, a wealth of sub-tropical flowers and foliage, and the many revealing evidences of its storied past. |
