CASTILLO
Historic Site — 1 S. Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/castillo-florida/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Castillo is a historic site in St. Augustine, Florida, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. HauntHunt files it with dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Castillo is the built — the 'fugitives' that's the walls raised, the '1687' that's the first eight. The 'sanctuary' is the offered — the 'Catholic conversion' that's the freedom's price, the 'Spanish Florida' that's the south's haven. The 'ended 1790' is the closed — the 'U.S. pressure' that's the king bowed, the 'policy stopped' that's the door shut.
The 'coquina' is the stood — the 'oldest masonry' that's the fort's claim, the 'never captured' that's the walls' record. The 'militias formed' is the defended — the 'British repelled' that's the fugitives fought, the 'freedom earned' that's the service bought. Castillo is the paradox — the 'slaves built' that's the refuge made, the 'freedom inside' that's the walls' promise.
The file keeps Castillo: the fugitive builders, the sanctuary years, the '90 closure, and the coquina stand.
Castillo is the archive's Florida file — the fort freedom built.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Castillo de San Marcos is the archive's Florida file — the fortress escapees built.
A fort keeps its builders — the file's suggestion being that Castillo's hold is the inverted: the 'fugitives built' that's the irony's core, the 'sanctuary' that's the Spain's offer, and the 'never captured' that's the walls' proof.

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
· Castillo is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

SOURCES — 3 cited
· Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01 — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223
· NPS Network to Freedom listing — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
· Underground Railroad — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad

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