National Park Service LogoU.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Park Service
National Park Service:  U.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park Service Arrowhead
Tennessee Civil War National Heritage AreaDoe Creek School
view map
text size:largestlargernormal
printer friendly
Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
Contact US
 

Write to

1417 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

E-mail Us

Phone

Visitor Information
(615) 494-8916

Fax

(615) 898-5614

Visit our website

www.histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar

 

Old Engraving showing supplies being landed from a Spanish galleon  

Did You Know?
Tax Evasion: The Spanish King received a quinto, a 20% tax, on all cargoes of private ships. Archaeology has found that much more was transported than archive invoices show. Merchants resorted to smuggling to transport their riches untaxed. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida

Last Updated: December 21, 2006 at 11:43 EST