Source: The Debatable Land (ID557)
Author: Bolton, Herbert (ID264)
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Published in: Arredondo's Historical Proof of Spain's Title to Georgia
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1672-01-01 - 1695-12-31
The founding of Charleston is what stimulated the construction of the Castillo
The English intrusion, coupled with fierce pirate raids, stimulated a Spanish program of defense. At Santa Catalina a garrison was now established beside the mission. It was the founding of Charleston that introduced the stone age at San Agustin. Hitherto the old fort had been a wooden structure. But now a crisis had arisen. Funds were appropriated, stone was quarried, lime kilns were opened, and an engineer and artisans brought from Havana. Indians were levied from Guale, Timucua, and Apalache to work on the fortification.1
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