December 28, 1835

Major Francis L. Dade and his command consisting of detachments of the Fourth Infantry, Second and Third Artillery United States Army, while marching from Tampa Bay to Fort King was attacked by a superior force of Seminole Indians commanded by Mico Nopah head chief of the Indians. The entire command save three were killed after a spirited resistance by the troops.

Here was fought the first battle of the Seven Years War with the Florida Indians.

This ground dedicated by the state of Florida as a memorial to those who died here as American soldiers.

By Authority of Chapter 8503

Laws of Florida 1921

Fred Cubberly - - - - - - J.C.B. Koonce

Mrs. A.M. Roland

Commissioners Dade Memorial Park

Marker can be reached from Battlefield Parkway (County Route 603) 0.2 miles south of County Route 605.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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