Visitors to the Orange County Park can see a replica of Fort Christmas, which was built on Christmas Day in 1837 amid the ...

Fort Pierce was incorporated as a city 124 years ago. Here are five facts about Fort Pierce. Started as a new wilderness ...

Burnt Store Marina in Punta Gorda is named for a trading post that was burned in the 1850s after a conflict between settlers ...

and Native Americans in the Black Hawk War of 1832 and the second Seminole War in Florida in 1835. His performance in the Seminole War won Taylor the rank of brigadier general. In 1845 President ...

Visitors to the Orange County Park can see a replica of Fort Christmas, which was originally built on Christmas Day in 1837 amid the Second Seminole War by 2,000 U.S. Army and Alabama volunteers.