Heritage Commission hosts fourth graders

John Zieser, dressed in historical attire, describes Fort 11: a little-known outpost just west of present-day City Hall that guarded the road between Fort Shannon in Palatka and Fort King near Ocala. Zieser explained one of the biggest problems for soldiers facing Native Americans in north Florida. He said a soldier’s muzzleloader had an effective range of 50 yards and took 20 seconds to reload. He added that Seminole Warriors routinely waited for soldiers to fire their weapons and then rushed the soldiers while they were attempting to reload, forcing the soldiers into hand-to-hand combat.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Keystone Heights Heritage Commission hosted over 100 fourth graders from Keystone Heights Elementary School to teach the students about the town’s history. During the April 19 field trip, students viewed artifacts from the Keystone Inn, watched reenactor John Zieser talk about Fort 11, a wooden structure built between Lake Keystone…

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