capnwilliam Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I will be there for a few days next week; anything piratical or nautical worth a looksee? Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'nPern Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 There were a number of pirates that sailed those waters. Billy Bowlegs (Captain Bowles) and I believe John Lefitte. It has been quite a while since I sailed in those waters but there is an old fort out on the Island that you may still be able to visit. It was modified during WWII so you have to look to see the original architecture. Hope this helps Cap'n Pern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 There's a nice little museum at the temple mound over in Ft. Walton (about 40 miles down the coast) which has some Bowles materials (he was actually one of my relatives) including a letter of Marque issued by his State of Muscogee. Bowles is a latter day pirate, early 1800s, but sort of a james bondish character who came within a hair's breadth of changing north american history. There is reputedly a sizable cache of spanish gold scuttled in his ship "Blackhawk" somewhere in the bayous there. Z :) Drop a kitten six feet, and she grins... Drop an elephant six feet, and ya gots yerself a mess ta clean up.... Sometimes bein' the biggest and most powerful is the LAST thing you wanna be..... Mad Ozymandias Zorg the Unsnottered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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