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Coulson House (The African American Heritage Society)

The Coulson House, built at the turn of the 20th century,, was originally the home of Kate Coulson. Coulson bought the empty property from the estate of E. A. Perry in 1899 and built her home on the lot. After ...

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The Rosenwald School

Located in what was once the black business district of Panama City, the Rosenwald School served black students in Bay County during segregation. The original building remains on its original site.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Massalina Bayou

African American Spanish fisherman Josea Massalina was founder of Red Fish Point, a small community on what is now Tyndall Air Force Base. The community moved across the bay, settling along the Bayou now named for the Massatina family. Massalina's ...

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The Historical Society of Martin County at Elliot Museum

The museum is home to the Willoughby Collection, one of the largest collections of late 19th and early 20th century Seminole artifacts.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Arch Creek Historic and Archaeological Park

Arch Creek Park was created around a natural limestone bridge formation that was once part of an important trail first used by the Tequesta around 2,000 years ago and later by the Seminoles in the 19th century.

Middens dating to ...

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Snake Warrior's Island

The City of Miramar, State of Florida, Seminole Tribe of Florida, and Broward County have preserved this park in honor of Chitto-Tustenuggee's (Snake Warrior) village, once located on the island.

Archaeological excavations revealed European trade items such as glass beads ...

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Miccosukee Indian Village and Museum

The Miccosukee Indian Village offers demonstrations and exhibits of woodcarving, patchwork, beadwork, basket weaving, and doll making.

Founded in 1983, the Miccosukee Museum of Natural and Tribal History features clothing, paintings, and artifacts from the tribe.

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Loxahatchee River Historical Museum

The permanent exhibit, Five Thousand Years on the Loxahatchee, includes displays about pre-Spanish contact periods dating from 5,000 to 500 years ago.

Also on display are Seminole artifacts and a replica of a Seminole village.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Jupiter Inlet Historic and Archaeological Site, Dubois Park

Dubois Park contains the remains of a village occupied by the Jobe and their predecessors from 1,000 years ago.

The shell midden, or trash pile, from the village site is 20 feet high. Jonathan Dickinson, a Quaker merchant whose family ...

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Mount Elizabeth, Indian Riverside Park

The Mount Elizabeth site is a large coastal midden dating between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago.

The exhibit on the site was developed by the Southeast Florida Archaeological Society Chapter of the Florida Anthropological Society.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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