FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL MONUMENT
Fort Jefferson, largest of the 19th-century American coastal forts, is the central
feature of the seven Dry Tortugas Islands in the Gulf of Mexico, 70 miles west
of Key West, Florida. The monument is famous for its bird and marine life,
as well as for its legends of pirates and sunken gold. Dr. Samuel A. Mudd,
who set the broken leg of President Lincoln's assassin, was imprisoned here for
several years until he was pardoned in 1869.
Color by Bruce Miley
P303753
Everglades Natural History Ass'n.
COLOURPICTURE
BOSTON, MASS. 02130
