National Park Service LogoU.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Park Service
National Park Service: U.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park Service Arrowhead
 
 
Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Gulf Islands National SeashoreA ranger assists a female visitor, dressed in a red shirt, with information at the Naval Live Oaks Visitor Center.
view map
text size:largestlargernormal
printer friendly
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Stories
 

Gulf Islands National Seashore history is filled with stories of European exploration, Geronimo, wars, and people that came to the Gulf Coast to settle. Did you know that live oak trees were used to build the USS Constitution? Check out the links below and get lost in a good story!

The Live Oak Story

Louisiana Native Guard in the Civil War

The Age of Discovery in the Northern Gulf

Geronimo

Fort Barrancas

Fort Barrancas Oral History Report

Naval Live Oaks 1794-1880

Fort Massachusetts

Fort Pickens 1821-1895

Ship Island

Pensacola Harbor Defense Project 1890-1947

Bernardo de Gálvez

 

 

 
Live oak tree
Live oak tree
Learn more about these magnificent trees
more...
A view of the Advanced Redoubt drawbridge.  

Did You Know?
The Third System fortifications consisted of 42 forts built between 1816 and 1870. They were used to guard all the principal harbors, rivers, and naval yards of the United States. Only the Advanced Redoubt of Fort Barrancas at Gulf Islands National Seashore was built entirely for land defense.

Disclaimer Accessibility Privacy Policy FOIA Notices USA.gov

Last Updated: July 08, 2009 at 09:43 EST