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Here is n interesting story about a Spanish fort that Archaeologists are uncovering in western NC. Apparently the Spanish had a string of forst that stretched into Tennessee 20 years before the Roanoke colony was founded. This i similar to that other recent thread about how the Spanish made it all the way to the northeast before retreating to Florida and the Southwest. What I find interesting is that this stuff has apparently been known to specialist for awhile but it has not made it's way into mainstream hisory books as of yet. I thought I was pretty wll versed in the perid of colonization but it would appear that I don't know half as much as I thought I did.
I wonder if it's not mainstream because all people think about are the 13 British colonies and the Revolution. I don't think too many people realize the back and forth that went on between European nations the prior 100 or so years. Just look at New York for example.
I'm guessing it's not in standard textbooks just because the presence wasn't sustained. However, it is a pretty interesting and important consideration if one is studying colonial history in some depth. I would like to hear about the one soldier that was not killed by the Native Americans that the article refers to. Did they let him go? Did he make a 300-mile trek back to another Spanish fort afterwards?
