American History Tour Series:
Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens was a Union stronghold that is located in the Gulf Islands National Seashore. It's most famous occupant was not a soldier, but a prisoner. Geronimo was kept at the Fort after his capture.
Touring TipsImages of Fort Pickens
- Entry Gate
- Panoramic View
- View of Crumbling Outer Wall
- Staircase Leading to the Top of the Tower Bastion
- Counterscarp Wall and Moat
- Looking into the Fort from the Tower Bastion
- 8" Rodman Mounted on the Northwest Wall
- 15" Rodman Mounted Guarding Pensacola Bay
- View of Pensacola Bay from the 15" Rodman
- Interior gunroom or casement.
- View of the Arch System Supporting the Outer Walls
- Window in the Northwest Outer Wall
- Prison Cell Identical to Geronimo's Cell
- Another View of the Prison Cell
- Pensacola, City of Five Flags
Photo Courtesy of James E. Rawe, 2001.
