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Righting the past: Abraham, veteran of Negro Fort and Seminole Wars, is dead
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEditor’s note: This is the 25th in a series of historical obituaries written today to honor the men...
Florida buys panther habitat that was home to indigenous leader during Seminole Wars
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe state recently acquired a large chunk of land near Devil's Garden in Hendry County in hopes of...
The tragic story of the Battle of Negro Fort
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPlantation owners swapped lurid tales of armed fugitive slaves running wild and fomenting rebellion. They soon lobbied Washington to eradicate the...
Gerald Ensley: We need to know the stirring tale of Neamathla
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 months ago(This column was first published in the Tallahassee Democrat on Sept. 28, 2008) I've been saving it...
'Massacre at Bayou Texar' marker sheds light on dark chapter in Pensacola history
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe thousands of people each year who visit Bayview Park to take in the peaceful sights and sounds...
Richard Procyk, Jupiter historian who helped to preserve Battlefield Park, dies at 98
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJUPITER — Local historian Richard Procyk, who led a successful effort to rename a portion of...
Florida's Christmas isn't the only town named for the holiday. Here's a short list.
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThere’s a town in Florida where it’s always Christmas. Each December, Floridians from all over the...
Here’s what little we know about the slave-era residents of Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTAMPA — Historians refer to Samson Forrester as Tampa Bay’s Black Daniel Boone because he spent so...
From 'pretty prairie' to 'dead man's creek,' find out origin of Florida city names
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFlorida is a state rich with history and that history starts with the state's name. Juan Ponce de...
Before the Bicentennial: Muscogees from Tallahassee area forced into the 'unknown land'
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhen the Muscogees were forced to leave Florida’s Panhandle and walk to new lands in Indian...