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.

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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.

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Shell Mound, Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge

Florida Native American Heritage Trail

This area of the Wildlife Refuge contains a shell mound that was built up over a 1,000 year period. Between 1,800 and 400 years ago, native people used oysters and clams and food and discarded the ...

Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park

Florida Native American Heritage Trail

Humans have occupied Wakulla Springs for over 12,000 years. The camp where the Creek prophet Hillis Hadjo, or Francis, sought refuge in Spanish Florida after the Creek War of 1813-1814, is believed to be within the ...

Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida

Exhibits describe the Native American chronology of the Okaloosa and Walton Counties area. Stone tools and projectile points used from 12,000 to 5,000 years ago and pottery made from 4,000 to 2,000 years ago are on display.

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Velda Mound

Florida Native American Heritage Trail

Built by Apalachees around 500 years ago, Velda mound was probably the foundation platform for the leader's house. An interpretive panel at the site explains the site's origins.

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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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Florida Caverns State Park

One of the few state parks with dry (air filled) caves and the only Florida state park to offer cave tours to the public. The cave has dazzling formations of limestone stalactites, stalagmites, soda straws, flowstones and draperies.

The park ...

Heritage Park and Cultural Center

"Florida Native American Heritage Trail"

The Indian Temple Mound Museum is located next to the National Historic Landmark Temple Mound that gave name to the impressive Fort Walton Period ceramics. ere is a short trail to the mound. Museum exhibits reflect ...

Edward Thomas Dunn-St. Michael's Cemetery

Edward Thomas Dunn(1840-1904) was born in Vermont to Irish immigrants. His wife, Mary Frances Connolly (1846-1895), was born in Quebec to Scottish immigrants.

They had two daughters before moving to Pensacola from Quebec around 1870. Between 1870 and 1885, Mary had ...