Fort Kirkland

University of West Florida archaeology students get their first experience with metal detectors during the first field survey in search of Okaloosa County's Fort Kirkland.

The search for Okaloosa’s lost Fort Kirkland moves into the field

Sandra Averhart

An archaeology team from the University of West Florida recently conducted the first field survey in search of the 1800s Fort Kirkland in north Okaloosa County.

UWF Students in Jennifer Melcher's GIS in Anthropology class are helping to identity sites where the UWF Archaeology Institute will be searching for Fort Kirkland in north Okaloosa County.

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GIS mapping helps focus UWF's search for Fort Kirkland

Sandra Averhart

University of West Florida anthropology students taking Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping class are working to identify sites in Okaloosa County, where archaeologists will search for the lost Fort Kirkland.

This is one of the maps being used by the UWF Archaeology research team to help focus the search for Fort Kirkland, an early-mid 1800s fortification in north Okaloosa County.

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Unearthing Fort Kirkland: A Journey through West Florida's hidden history

Sandra Averhart

Rep. Patt Maney has secured $250,000 in funding for the University of West Florida Archaeology Institute to research and find a lost fort from 1800s Okaloosa County.