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Florida Historical Quarterly; July 1993; Calamities of Florida;
Robert Kipitzke.

Did you know?…….

During the Second Spanish Period (1807), a defense line surrounded the town of St. Augustine. One of the corners bordering the San Sebastian River was called the "Solana Redoubt". The corner of the fortification consisted of a two cannon platform made of pine planks over palm logs with an earthen mound base. It was finished with pitch and ochre paint. A twenty-two foot wide moat, with vertical planks that served as a stockade, surrounded the defense line.

South of the SR16 bridge Manuel Solana operated a ferry across the San Sebastian River. He later deeded it to his son. It finally ended with his great-granddaughter Louisa Solana and her husband Willie Lopez.