The British colony of West Florida--which once stretched from the mighty Mississippi to the shallow bends of the Apalachicola and portions of what are now the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana--is the Forgotten Fourteenth colony of America\'s Revolutionary era.
For a host of reasons, including the fact that West Fl.
The colony\'s eventful years as a part of the British Empire form an important and compelling interlude in Gulf Coast hiStory that has for too long been overlooked.
The British colony of West Florida--which once stretched from the mighty Mississippi to the shallow bends of the Apalachicola and portions of what are now the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana--is the Forgotten Fourteenth colony of America\'s Revolutionary era
