Visitors to the Orange County Park can see a replica of Fort Christmas, which was built on Christmas Day in 1837 amid the ...

Museum displays unveil what life was like for Florida’s cracker cowboys and the Seminole ... s Fort Christmas Historical Park. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel) “It was one continuous war.

During the Civil War, Fort Myers settlers prospered through trade with Seminole and Union soldiers ... by the town as he was cruising along Florida’s West Coast. He eventually bought 13 acres ...

Burnt Store Marina in Punta Gorda is named for a trading post that was burned in the 1850s after a conflict between settlers ...

The park, under the Frank A. Wacha Bridge, is a popular spot for community events, boaters and anglers. It features picnic ...

Read full article: Florida man gives look inside ... It was burned down in the 1830s by Seminole warriors during the Second Seminole War, leaving behind only the plantation’s skeleton today.

NORTH LAUDERDALE is north of Fort Lauderdale and was named for that very reason, said City Clerk Milli Dyer, who’s been around since 1963 when the city was founded. She said the name came from the ...

The ship is named after the city in Florida, which is named ... Lauderdale is named after a series of forts built by the U.S. during the Second Seminole War in 1838. Development of the city ...

During the Second Seminole War, the Army built military supply posts throughout Florida and one of them was called Fort Pierce and named after Lt. Col. Benjamin Kendrick Pierce. The site features ...

But even after the Second Seminole War ... of Fort Gatlin. Aerial view looking south at the Naval Research Laboratory, located at the corner of Gatlin and Summerlin avenues - Orlando, Florida ...