Perplexed, remembering the French were involved in St. Augustine history, they of course tried to take it, attacking more than once, and were repelled.
However, I found the following:
From: -Here -
is the following information:
"These mirror-image resentments—Spanish bitterness at England’s treatment of its Catholics, English sympathy for the plucky Dutch Protestants and the underdog French Huguenots — melded with still-smoldering resentment at Spain over San Juan de Ulua and commercial competition to fuel the conditions for conflict. The English, French, and Dutch were also harboring ambitions to establish their own colonies in the Americas; what is now St. Augustine, Florida, was originally a French Huguenot settlement —Ft. Caroline—prior to being overrun and crushed by invading Spanish forces."
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This was of particular interest to me.
Among my forebears in South Carolina (in addition to the English at Charles Town and Georgetown) were French Huguenots in the Georgetown area.
These are some photographs I took on a visit to St. Augustine in 1997:
Entrance to The Fountain of Youth site.
This statue of Ponce de Leon is close to the shore where he supposedly landed.
Old Spanish cannons on the grounds near statue.
At the feet of the panorama on a stage beside the Fountain of Youth spring, workers in recent years were clearing piled up sand away that had blown in the open doors.
It is believed to be a cross of stones Ponce de Leon had his men place there, declaring Florida for God and Spain.
This was the first known claim for God in North America.
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I have (okay - highly questionable) proof of the efficacy of the waters from the spring..:))
Visitors are given a small paper cup to sample the water, so I downed my small quantity and went on the rest of the tour.
Walking the short distance down the path to the statue and shore, a couple about my age were coming toward me.
The husband said to his wife, pointing to me:
"See! I told you the water worked - she already is Miss St. Augustine!"
LOLOL
============================= And last is a photograph that is just one of many I have taken over the years of something that utterly fascinates me.
It's very close to the center of town, and not far from The Old House.
I sent Aqua a paper copy (couldn't locate where I put the original) I had made, so you cannot see how very weathered truly
RED this wall's gate door is...
I am drawn to it, wanting badly to go through it and see what lies beyond!!
You will get that feeling over and over in this wonderful old town....
Am sure the French had to take a stab at that fort, guess it wasn't significant enough of an effort to be included in all the historical archives, at least not the ones that I researched.