The Southern Gopher Tortoise

Historical marker location:

4931 S Peninsula Dr, Ponce Inlet, Florida

( Marker can be reached from South Peninsula Drive, 0.2 miles south of Ocean Way Drive, on the left when traveling south.)

Florida was once a Spanish colony for over 250 years, from 1565 to 1821, before being ceded to the United States as part of the Adams-Onís Treaty.