What does Tortugas mean in Spanish?
(Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, near Key West, Fla., ca. 1910. Credit: Stan Cooper Collection, HistoryMiami, 1988-275-8)
The Dry Tortugas are 70 miles west of Key West. The islands were named by the Spanish when they explored the area. After Florida became a state the United States built Fort Jefferson on one the islands.
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