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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1929-1930
Frank McMillan 1929-1930 Diary 62.pdf
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mostly all the old streets only wide enough for one car. some not wide enough for any Vehicle. only for walking took a snap of a nice house Called a Moorish Villa. drove a mile or so along the river to the old Fort Marion we paid 50¢ for a guide we wandered around for a while in an old museum then the guide showed us the old well in the yard. then into the rooms prisoners rooms. the old chapel cell next to it were the prisoners heard the service the dungeon and back of it another dungeon. to get into you crawled through a hole about 4 feet high nobody supposed to have lived more than 24 hours in here no air or no light (they turned the lights out and it was black). it was started in 1715 and completed in 1735. the walls were from 3' to 9' thick it also had a stone stair way leading up to the ramparts. we took three snaps. one on top of the Ramparts. one showing us sitting on an old Powder chest. in front of a door and one of the fort outside showing the draw bridge over the moat. we then drove a little farther to see the Fountain of Youth cost us $1.00 to enter
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