The First American Road in Florida (also known as the Andrew Jackson Trail or Military Road) is a historic road near
Gulf Breeze
Gulf Breeze is a city in Santa Rosa County, Florida. It is a suburb of Pensacola, and is in the Pensacola Metropolitan Area. The population estimate was 6,900 in 2020. Gulf Breeze is located just north of Pensacola Beach, and south of Pensaco ...
,
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
. It is located in the
Naval Live Oaks Area of the
Gulf Islands National Seashore.
History
After the
Adams–Onís Treaty
The Adams–Onís Treaty () of 1819, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Florida Purchase Treaty, or the Florida Treaty,Weeks, p.168. was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined t ...
went into effect in 1821, Pensacola, along with the rest of the
Florida Territory was officially transferred from Spain to the United States. In 1824, the
US Congress
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provided funding to build the Pensacola-St. Augustine Road, known as
Bellamy Road, in order to connect East Florida with West Florida. On September 28, 1998, the Andrew Jackson Trail was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
.
See also
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Bellamy Road
References
External links
Santa Rosa County listingsa
National Register of Historic PlacesFlorida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs*
Santa Rosa County markers*
First American Road in Florida
Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
National Register of Historic Places in Santa Rosa County, Florida
Roads in Santa Rosa County, Florida
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