Tour Fort Jefferson - Dry Tortugas National Park - West of Key West, Florida

Listen carefully as Tortugas Jack gives us valuable lessons before we board the Yankee Freedom II Ferry for our 70 mile journey. We arrived in a rain storm setting the stage for remarkable footage of this most inaccessible National Park.
The fort was started in 1846 and saw active use from 1860 to 1930's. It is a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is composed of over 16 million bricks.
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Music: The Pyre, Kevin MacLeod, US-UAN-11-00846, (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0"

[@davidegg22]

Well to be honest with you, I never heard of this place either until I saw an aerial picture of it in a gift shop at the entrance to Everglades National Park! My friend said “we have to go see that” so out to the island we went after a quick trip to Key West. Thanks for commenting! Dave.

[@danielambrose23]

Great video. Considering a trip. Thanks!

[@dlsbob]

Thanks for the trip! This was a well done video!

[@davidegg22]

Thanks for watching and commenting on my video. I sure appreciate it!

[@jserkiz06]

I truly admire your video approach of letting the images tell your intended story, mitout mindless voice-over. the nat sound is superb, the hint of dramatic background music perfectly mixed. Sir. you ARE a Master. I give thanks to you for your posts.

[@davidegg22]

John, many thanks for the kind words! I am not one to do a lot of narration since detailed information is only a click away on the internet (and probably more accurate than I could ever remember!) I usually try to tell my story with visuals and music only. Sometimes it works, sometimes not! I let the viewer make his/her own impression of the scenes presented. Thanks again for watching and taking the time to comment. I really do appreciate it! Dave in Montana.

[@PanamaNano]

thank you for sharing. I actually found this place on Google earth, i zoomed in, and was amazed at what I saw. I have put this on my lifes to do list

[@davidegg22]

I actually found this place from a poster hanging on the wall in an Everglades gift shop! Since we were going to Key West anyway we just HAD to do a day trip to Fort Jefferson! I hope you can make it out to the island some day. Thanks for watching and commenting. Dave.

[@SkipW]

Next time i would like to get a camping permit, any way this is the best day activity out of key west.

[@BravuraMediaCompany]

Love the history of Key West! Check out our video which displays a vintage birds-eye cartograph of Key West Florida produced in 1884. Click the link below.
Key West History and Cartograph (1884)

[@gbbbys]

How many islands constitute what is known as the florida keys ? Probably around 500 to a thousand the most famous one is key west and key largo ..up for sale are several larger islands once used by military for maneuvers/practice artillary etc. I think the islands that r 4sale are the most southern part of USA . dry Tortuga is small island but substantial bldgs. /haha maybe soon coming Wendy's /burger king mc Donalds restaurants /iMax theater oh and a gift shop 4tourist ...wow I can't wait till they build bridge to Havana from key west then expensive toll to pay !!! Oh here's a quick /// r u ready ? What is a storm called on eastern seaboard ....answer hurricane /storm on west coast is called typhoon .