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On a bluff above the river stood the old star-shaped Spanish fort from which the West Florida parishes were governed during Spanish colonial days from 1779 to 1810. It was captured on Sept. 23, 1810, by forces of the West Florida Republic led by Philemon Thomas.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana · United States
