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  • About Bartram
    • Introduction to the Bartram Trail in Putnam County
    • Bartram Kiosk Gallery
  • Trail Sites
    • Sites 1 thru 8
      • Site 1 Palmetto Bluff / Bridgeport
      • Site 2 Forrester Point
      • Site 3 Grays Creek
      • Site 4 Palatka
      • Site 5 Ravine Gardens
      • Site 6 Waterworks / Puc Puggy
      • Site 7 Rollestown
      • Site 8 Dunns Creek
    • Sites 9 thru 16
      • Site 9 Crescent Lake Campsite
      • Site 10 Bear Island
      • Site 11 Murphy Island / Dunns Island
      • Site 12 Seven Sisters Islands
      • Site 13 Spalding’s Lower Store
      • Site 14 Johnson’s Spring
      • Site 15 Satsuma Spring
      • Site 16 Nashua Spring
    • Sites 17 thru 24
      • Site 17 Welaka Spring
      • Site 18 Johnson’s Bluff
      • Site 19 Mount Hope / Beecher Pt
      • Site 20 & 22 Beecher Springs
      • Site 21 Mount Royal
      • Site 23 Georgetown
      • Site 24 Bryan’s and Drayton Island
    • Sites 25 thru 32
      • Site 25 Bryan’s and Drayton Island
      • Site 26 Orange / Lake George Points
      • Site 27 Rocky Point
      • Site 28 Salt Springs Run
      • Site 29 Salt Springs
      • Site 30 Cowpen Lake / Halfway Pond
      • Site 31 Deep Creek
      • Site 32 The Beautiful Isle / Drayton Island
      • Grandview – Provisional Site
  • Natural History
    • Dwarf Pawpaws
    • Gopher Tortoise
    • Softshell Turtles
    • Water Lettuce
    • Bartram Ixia
    • Salt Springs Plants
  • Follow the Trail
    • Bartram Adventure Tours
    • Maps
      • All Maps
      • Waterway Trails
      • Bike Trails
      • Driving Routes
      • Hiking Trails
      • Story Maps
        • Bartram Story Map- 31 sites
    • YouTube Channel
      • Bartram Trail in Putnam County
    • Bartram Maps
      • Bartram Only – Biking Routes
      • Bartram Only – Hiking Routes
      • Bartram Only – Paddling Routes
  • 2018 Bartram Frolic
    • Living History
    • Passport to the Past
    • Guided Kayak Tours
    • Guided Bike Tours
    • Riverboat Tours
    • Private Boat Tours and Boat Rentals
    • Bartram Strolls
    • Bartram Symposium
    • Food and Drink
    • Places to Stay
    • Frolic in the Streets
    • 5K Walk/Run

Passport to the Past

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Passport to the Past

Passport to the Past – is an educational adventure that’s fun for the entire family. Visit each of the ten stations from William Bartram’s travels to Putnam County in 1765 and 1774.

With each one you complete, you collect a new sticker or stamp to place in your official Passport to the Past booklet for a free water bottle, including:

  • Living History – Visit with Billy Bartram, Long Warrior: King of the Seminoles, Job Wiggens and Fort Mose soldiers and villagers
  • St. Johns River exploration – Join in the exploration of water-based ecology and adventures
  • Animals of North Florida – Check off each of the animals on display from the water and on land
  • Native Plants – Learn about local plants and the flower that William Bartram found and named for his father’s friend Benjamin Franklin

Continue your Adventure to visit more than 20 interactive exhibits of riverfront demonstrations with crafts, music, local exhibits, a River Run and Saturday night street party.

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The Frolic

In the fall of 1774 William Bartram experienced what is known as the Indian Frolic at Spalding’s Lower Store. His 9-month stay on his favorite river in Putnam County is documented in Bartram’s masterpiece TRAVELS. The annual St. Johns River Bartram Frolic on Palatka’s riverfront will celebrate our National Heritage River, the Bartram National Recreation Trail in Putnam County, and offer our county as a historic eco-tourism and recreation destination.

Frolic Map

Frolic Map

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