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Unearthing Florida: Dade's Massacre
When Major Francis Dade marched his troops from Fort Brook...
Unearthing Florida: Battle of Okeechobee
In the year 2000, a portion of the largest battleground of...
Unearthing Florida: Fort Caroline
Often a historical settlement is well known to historians....
Unearthing Florida: Fort King
In 1827 the U.S. Army built a fort near Ocala to keep the ...
Unearthing Florida: Rosario
In 1992 University of West Florida archaeologists discover...
Unearthing Florida: Downtown Forts
Starting in the 1750s, there were three main forts built a...
Unearthing Florida: Geroges Valentine
On October 13, 1904 the three-masted ship Georges Valentin...
Unearthing Florida: 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet
Shipping riches of gold, silver, and exotic resources from...
Unearthing Florida: Chattahoochee Landing Mounds
For Native Americans, rivers were highways, and along the ...
Unearthing Florida: Negro Fort
During the War of 1812, the British built a military base ...
Results for Florida A
Unearthing Florida: Dade's Massacre
When Major Francis Dade marched his troops from Fort Brooke in Tampa to Fort King in Ocala - in the winter of 1835 - they had no idea it would ignite the longest Indian war in American history.
At about the ...
Unearthing Florida: Battle of Okeechobee
In the year 2000, a portion of the largest battleground of the Second Seminole War was purchased by the state and designated as Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park.
The battle occurred on Christmas Day of 1837 on the north shore of ...
Unearthing Florida: Fort Caroline
Often a historical settlement is well known to historians. But, to archaeologists they can be very elusive. Such is the case with the French Fort Caroline, near present day Jacksonville.
It was in 1564 that French Huguenots, seeking to escape religious ...
Unearthing Florida: Fort King
In 1827 the U.S. Army built a fort near Ocala to keep the Seminole Indians within specified reservations. The garrison, which became known as Fort King, played a major
The Second Seminole War stemmed from President Andrew Jackson’s policy of ...
Unearthing Florida: Rosario
In 1992 University of West Florida archaeologists discovered the remains of the Rosario, an early, 18th century Spanish fragata that sank in Pensacola Bay over 300 years ago.
The “Rosario” was a large, 50-gun frigate that was built of mahogany and ...
Unearthing Florida: Downtown Forts
Starting in the 1750s, there were three main forts built along the waterfront in what is now downtown Pensacola.
The first fort, San Miguel de Panzacola, was a small wooden garrison built by the Spanish about 1755. All that we ...
Unearthing Florida: Geroges Valentine
On October 13, 1904 the three-masted ship Georges Valentine set sail from Pensacola carrying a load of lumber destined for Buenos Aires. A few days later the vessel encountered a violent storm in the Straits of Florida.
After three consecutive days ...
Unearthing Florida: 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet
Shipping riches of gold, silver, and exotic resources from the New World across the Atlantic was often dangerous for Spanish sailing fleets centuries ago: especially during hurricane season.
In July of 1733 the New Spain fleet, made up of four armed ...
Unearthing Florida: Chattahoochee Landing Mounds
For Native Americans, rivers were highways, and along the Apalachicola River, one site that served as a major hub of activity was the Chattahoochee Landing.
The Chattahoochee Landing site sits strategically at the junction of two major rivers that form ...
Unearthing Florida: Negro Fort
During the War of 1812, the British built a military base in Florida on the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River that became a sanctuary for runaway slaves. The U.S. government called it “Negro Fort.”
After losing the war, the British ...
