Battery Osceola — Attraction in Key West

This Battery and Battery Adair are part of Ft Zachary Taylor State Historical Park and are accessed thru their gate by car or on foot. It is well worth $2.50 per person. I find it amazing this was built on the water and now has land between it and the ocean. You can walk through the old gun placements and on top of the walls. There are even some old canons that were buried in the walls that are now exposed...

Mostly closed section of the fort.

Osceola - was born in Alabama as Billy Powell. He became an influential leader of the Seminole people. He was captured in a deceptive manner under the guise of a flag truce. He had led the Seminole people in second Seminole war when the US tried to remove them from Florida native lands.

He is very aptly recognized in a fort named after the 12th...

I was stationed here in the early 70’s when this used to be a submarine base. At that time we used to go sit on the battery wall and watch the sunset and then the stars. This was off limits to the public back then and we weren’t supposed to be around this area but what memories we share for those who are...