Detail View: Touchton Map Library: Plan of Fort Brooke Reservation, 1876, by Maj. R. Arnold, 5th Arty. This unassuming manuscript map of the fort, drawn during the last years of army occupation, played an important role over one hundred years after is was first created. In 1980, during construction of a garage for what was then known as the Quad Block near the intersection of Florida Avenue and Whiting Street, workers discovered the remnants of the Fort Brooke cemetery. Archaeologists Harry and Jacquelyn Piper were hired to survey the site and assist in recovery of the human remains - including soldiers, settlers, and Seminoles - and historic objects from the construction site. they used this map, along with several others, to pinpoint the former locations of fort buildings on the contemporary landscape. The subsequent research that the team published is among the most important information used in piecing together the story of Fort Brooke.
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1999.011.044
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Plan of Fort Brooke Reservation, 1876, by Maj. R. Arnold, 5th Arty. This unassuming manuscript map of the fort, drawn during the last years of army occupation, played an important role over one hundred years after is was first created. In 1980, during construction of a garage for what was then known as the Quad Block near the intersection of Florida Avenue and Whiting Street, workers discovered the remnants of the Fort Brooke cemetery. Archaeologists Harry and Jacquelyn Piper were hired to survey the site and assist in recovery of the human remains - including soldiers, settlers, and Seminoles - and historic objects from the construction site. they used this map, along with several others, to pinpoint the former locations of fort buildings on the contemporary landscape. The subsequent research that the team published is among the most important information used in piecing together the story of Fort Brooke.
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1876
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