Editing Wakulla County, Florida (section)

=== First Spanish period ===
In 1528, [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] found his way to what would be Wakulla County from the future [[Pinellas County, Florida]], camping at the confluence of the [[Wakulla River|Wakulla]] and [[St. Marks River|St. Marks]] rivers. Narváez determined this was a very suitable spot for a [[fort]]. In 1539, [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]]'s expedition passed through ''La Florida'' with a similar route.

The [[San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park|Fort San Marcos de Apalache]] began with a wooden fort in the late 1600s. The vicinity around the fort was not settled until 1733. Spanish colonial officials began constructing a stone fort, which was unfinished in the mid-1760s when [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] took over.