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[[Image:Santarosaislanddunes.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Santa Rosa Island, looking east.]] | [[Image:Santarosaislanddunes.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Santa Rosa Island, looking east.]] | ||
− | '''Santa Rosa Island''' is a 40-mile barrier island | + | '''Santa Rosa Island''' is a 40-mile [[barrier island]] located in the [[United States|U.S.]] [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Florida]], thirty miles (50 km) from the [[Alabama]] state border. The communities of [[Pensacola Beach, Florida|Pensacola Beach]], [[Navarre Beach, Florida|Navarre Beach]], and Okaloosa Island are located on the island. The island was the landfall point of 2005's [[Hurricane Dennis]] and 1995's Hurricanes [[Hurricane Erin (1995)|Erin]] & [[Hurricane Opal|Opal]], among others. |
+ | Parts of the island are in the [[Gulf Islands National Seashore]]. | ||
[[Image:Santarosaislandshore.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Gulf of Mexico The shining light in the back is from the sun's light being reflected on the white sand.]] | [[Image:Santarosaislandshore.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Gulf of Mexico The shining light in the back is from the sun's light being reflected on the white sand.]] | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
− | + | The island was the site of the [[Battle of Santa Rosa Island]] in the [[American Civil War]]. | |
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− | + | In [[1929]], Santa Rosa Island was sold by the U.S. War Department to [[Escambia County, Florida]], for $10,000. Ten years later, the county returned the island to the federal government in the expectation that it would be developed into a [[U.S. National Monument]] preserving the remnants of [[Fort Pickens]], the only fort in the [[Southern United States|South]] to be held by the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] throughout the duration of the American Civil War. | |
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