Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§698o Protection of Significant Historic Assets
Title 16 › CHAPTER 6 — GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 698o
Summary
The Secretary may, with owners' consent and with donated funds, acquire eight sites in Duval County, FL. They include Spanish and English forts (16th–18th c.), a 16th–17th‑c. Spanish mission, Thomas Creek battle site, Zephaniah Kingsley plantation (18th–19th‑c.), a Spanish‑American War fort, and Yellow Bluff Fort.
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Title 16, §698o
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The Secretary, with the consent of the owners thereof, may acquire by donation or purchase with donated funds the following properties or sites of significant historic interest in Duval County, Florida:
(1)Spanish sixteenth century forts San Gabriel and San Estaban.
(2)Spanish eighteenth century fort Dos Hermanas.
(3)English eighteenth century forts at Saint Johns Bluff and Fort George Island.
(4)Spanish sixteenth and seventeenth century mission San Juan del Puerto.
(5)Site of the American Revolutionary War battle of Thomas Creek.
(6)The Zephaniah Kingsley plantation, with its eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings.
(7)The Spanish American War fortification on Saint Johns Bluff.
(8)The confederate fort known as the Yellow Bluff Fort State Historic Site.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 698o
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102