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The Best Attractions In Moore Town

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Moore Town is a Maroon settlement located in the Blue Mountains and John Crow Mountains of Portland, Jamaica, accessible by road from Port Antonio. The easternmost Maroon town, Moore Town is located in the eastern end of the parish. Formerly known as New Nanny Town, Moore Town was founded in 1740 when the Peace Treaty was signed between the British colonial authorities and the Windward Maroons. This treaty allotted the Moore Town Maroons 1000 acres, but Moore Town only received 500. In 1781 the initial 500 acres was augmented with another 500-1270 acres.While Maroons and the British initially referred to this settlement as New Nanny Town, from 1760 the...
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  • 2. Fort Charles Port Royal
    Fort Charles was built between 1650 and 1660, the first fort constructed in Port Royal, Jamaica.
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  • 3. Hellshire Beach Portmore
    Hellshire Beach, Jamaica, is located near Portmore, and famed for its fried fish and safe swimming. It has near white sands with a very small trace of black sand. Exposed when there is a sea running to the south, the waters close to shore are often quite cloudy due to the stirred up sand.It is a popular public beach conveniently located for the residents of Portmore and weekend visitors from Kingston.Once called Healthshire due to its reputation as a health retreat its name has since evolved into Hellshire though both pronunciations are technically correct. In the early nineteenth century, colonial records describe hundreds of runaway slaves escaping to Healthshire where they flourished for several years before they were captured by a party of Jamaican Maroons.
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  • 4. Fort Walker Port Royal
    For Fort Pepperrell in New England see Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth#HistoryPepperrell Air Force Base, previously known as Fort Pepperrell, is a decommissioned United States military base located in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada which operated from 1941-1961. The base was named in honour of Sir William Pepperrell of Kittery, Maine, commander of a force of 4,200 soldiers and sailors aboard 90 ships, who captured the French seaport at Louisbourg after a 46-day siege on June 16, 1745.
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  • 5. Bob Marley Museum St Anns Bay
    The Bob Marley Museum is a museum in Kingston, Jamaica, dedicated to the reggae musician Bob Marley. The museum is located at 56 Hope Road, Kingston 6, and is Bob Marley's former place of residence. It was home to the Tuff Gong reggae record label which was founded by The Wailers in 1970. In 1976, it was the site of a failed assassination attempt on Bob Marley. The Chicago-based band 56 Hope Road takes its name in homage to the address.
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  • 6. St. Jago De La Vega Cathedral Spanish Town
    Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the historic county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the Spanish and British capital of Jamaica from 1534 until 1872. The town is home to numerous memorials, the national archives, and one of the oldest Anglican churches outside England .
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