Native American history

Fort Armstrong: The Forgotten Fort Built After the Dade Massacre

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Historic monument and interpretive map marking the site of Fort Armstrong near Dade Battlefield in Florida, surrounded by palmettos, moss-draped oaks, and dense Florida wilderness beneath a bright blue sky.

Florida doesn’t always reveal its history easily. Sometimes it hides it beneath pine needles, roadside traffic, and stretches of land that seem too quiet to have witnessed anything terrible at all. The road near Dade Battlefield Historic State Park looks ordinary now—just another patch of rural Florida where palmettos sway beneath the morning sun and … Read more

Florida’s Forbidden Swamp: The Hidden World of Wahoo Swamp

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Historical marker at Wahoo Swamp in Florida, surrounded by oak trees and open grassy clearing under a bright blue sky, marking the site of a key Second Seminole War battle

A Place Most People Would Never Choose Most people look at a Florida swamp and see something to avoid. A place of mud and still water.Of mosquitoes and shadows.Of things that move when you’re not looking. But once… this wasn’t a place people fled from. It was a place they disappeared into. And not just … Read more