Richard and All, Pope's was a settlement located in the vicinity of today's Sneads. The actual site, as I have always been told, was to the northwest of the modern town where the old Pensacola to St. Augustine Trail made a a bit of a curve. Among the prominent early residents of this community was Dr. John Gorrie, who later relocated to Apalachicola and, as we all know, invented a machine to make ice. The ruins of his home can still be seen. The large swamp area beneath the U.S. 90 bridge as you cross from Chattahoochee to Sneads is known locally as Pope's Lake, although the actual lake is a bit north of the bridge and just south of Jim Woodruff Dam. Best, Dale

Sigh... You make it sound so easy... <G> So Pope's was in the near vicinity of Econchatimico's Reservation? RW [email protected] wrote: > Richard and All, > > Pope's was a settlement located in the vicinity of today's Sneads. The > actual site, as I have always been told, was to the northwest of the modern > town where the old Pensacola to St. Augustine Trail made a a bit of a curve. > > Among the prominent early residents of this community was Dr. John Gorrie, > who later relocated to Apalachicola and, as we all know, invented a machine > to make ice. The ruins of his home can still be seen. > > The large swamp area beneath the U.S. 90 bridge as you cross from > Chattahoochee to Sneads is known locally as Pope's Lake, although the actual > lake is a bit north of the bridge and just south of Jim Woodruff Dam. > > Best, > > Dale