Situated in the beautiful Panhandle of Florida, Franklin County seat is Apalachicola, boasts some of the State's most wonderful well-preserved natural and historical resources. During the last part of the 17th century, the Spanish maintained their tenuous hold on Northwest Florida through the missions and the small fort at St.
When Indian allies of the English at Charleston, S. Henry Woodward, a soldier of fortune, led the English activities in this contest for the Indian trade. The Spanish tried to control their Indian allies by building a fort near the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers known as Santa Cruz de Sabacola. This lasted only a few years because the Indians, incensed at the Spanish fort in their territory and preferring English trade goods, began moving closer to English settlements.
In the process, however, he transported several thousand Indians from the Apalachee and Apalachicola River countries to a town on the Savannah River.
This forced migration caused hard feelings. A large-scale Indian uprising momentarily threatened Charleston in and resulted in the Indians returning to the Chattahoochee River, the Creeks near Columbus, Georgia, and the Apalachicolas north of the forks of the Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers.
The years saw France allied to her former foes, Great Britain and Holland, against Spain, much dissatisfied over the losses from the War of the Spanish Succession. The Spanish from St. The settlements at Biloxi and Mobile , while not thriving, were bases of French power which extended over the Upper Creeks in Alabama. The French attempted to control the Lower Creeks with a fort at St. Joseph Bay , but this was successfully countered by the Spanish and abandoned. Pensacola was captured and held by France from The British steadily pushed westward from Charleston to establish hegemony over the Cherokee, some of the Upper Creeks, and several Lower Creek towns.
