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St. Augustine credits hurricanes for place in history

   August 29, 2011

The St. Augustine Record published that Pensacola might be claiming the title of “oldest” today if it were not for a hurricane that struck and doomed that settlement in its very first days in 1559. Six years later, in the middle of September 1565, St. Augustine’s founders took advantage of a hurricane to eliminate its French rivals in this area. Read more.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”
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