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Fort Christmas Park and Museum

On December 25, 1837, a force of 2,000 U.S. Army soldiers and Alabama volunteers arrived near this spot and constructed the eponymous fort.

Fort Christmas was only one of over 200 forts planned for construction during the Second Seminole Indian ...

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Museum of Florida Art and Culture

The Museum of Florida Art and Culture contains exhibits on the Native American cultures of the Lake Wales Ridge and Kissimmee Valley, including artifacts from the Blueberry Site. Also at the museum are paintings by Florida artists that interpret Florida's ...

Mt. Royal Archaeological Site

This archaeological site was famously described and illustrated by botanist William Bartram in 1765. Archaeologist Clarence B. Moore excavated a large and a small mound at the site in 1894.

Excavations in the 1950s and by the Florida Bureau of Archaeological ...

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Putnam County Historic Museum, Bronson-Mulholland House

Native American exhibits feature cultures from the St. Johns River and include artifacts and interpretive panels.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

Located at Fort Caroline National Memorial, the Timucuan Preserve visitor center exhibit "Where the Waters Meet," showcases the richness of the environment in northeast Florida and how humans have interacted with this environment for thousands of years. The history and ...

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Fort George Island Cultural State Park

Native Americans feasted here, colonists built a fort, and the Smart Set of the 1920s came for vacations. Historic documents show that the fort, originally called Fort Saint Georges, was built within this state park in 1736 by James Oglethorpe, ...

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Micanopy Historical Society Museum

"Florida Native American Heritage Trail"

Located in the town named after the Seminole Chief Micanopy, the museum features an exhibit on various Seminole War chiefs. The museum also has displays of Native American artifacts from 7,000 to 500 years ago.

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Suwannee County Historical Museum

This museum features displays on the area's first inhabitants from 12,000 years ago, a re-creation of a 16th-century Timucuan village and exhibits on animals indigenous to the north central Florida region.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Alligator Lake Recreation Area

Halpatter Tustenugee, or Chief Alligator, was the Chief of a Seminole village in what is now Lake City. A life-size statue honoring this leader is located at the recreation area.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Site of San Pedro de Potohiriba Historical Marker

In the mid 1600s San Pedro de Potohiriba, a Spanish mission, was established in this area on the Old Spanish Trail. The first courthouse of Madison County was erected at San Pedro, the county seat from 1828 to 1838.

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