On the Map: Rocque’s Plano Particular

Elevacion, Vista, y Perfil que pasa por la Linea 1.2.3. [plan of barracks], Mariano de la Rocque. 1785. University of Florida Digital Collections. Ponce de Leon, Menendez, Flagler; these are the names that first come to someone’s mind when they think of the history of Saint Augustine. But what about Rocque? Mariano de la Rocque, …

Fact or Fiction: Treasury Street

A pen and ink drawing of a man leaning against a house at the intersection of Treasury Street and Bay Street, by E.A. Meyer. University of Florida Digital Collections. St. Augustine can claim a lot of superlatives, but did you know we have the narrowest street in the United States? A short section of Treasury Street, running …