Escambe
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| Escambe | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Leon County, Florida, USA |
| Nearest city: | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Coordinates: | 30°29′N 84°17′W / 30.48°N 84.28°WCoordinates: 30°29′N 84°17′W / 30.48°N 84.28°W |
| Added to NRHP: | May 14, 1971 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 71000240 |
Escambe (also known as San Cosmo Y San Damias De Escambe or San Damian de Cupahica) was a Spanish Franciscan mission built in the 17th century in the Florida Panhandle, three miles northwest of the present-day town of Tallahassee, Florida. It was part of Spain's effort to colonize the region, and convert the Timucuan and Apalachee Indians to Christianity. The mission lasted until 1704, when it was destroyed by a group of Creek Indians and South Carolinians.
The site where the original mission stood was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1971.
A later mission named San Joseph de Escambe was established during the 1740s along the Escambia River north of Pensacola, lending its name both to the river and later to Escambia County, Florida. This late Escambe mission was inhabited by refugee Apalachee Indians, including chief Juan Marcos Fant. The mission was burned in a Creek Indian raid on April 9, 1761, and its inhabitants resettled adjacent to modern Pensacola before relocating to Veracruz, Mexico along with the Spanish residents of Pensacola in 1763.
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- Leon County listings at National Register of Historic Places
- Leon County listings at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
- This Date In North American Indian History - June 29 at Canku Ota (Many Paths)
- Pensacola Colonial Frontiers project homepage
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