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RETURN TO BIG CYPRESS
A Seminole family's arrival for the Green Corn Dance celebration.
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SEMINOLE STEER
Family Cattle Camp at Brighton Reservation in South Florida, 1950.
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U-123
Sinking of the SS Gulfamerica off the coast of Jacksonville by German submarine. April 11, 1942.
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A DEADLY BOND
The Ma Barker shootout at Lake Weir, near Oklawaha. January, 1935.
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ORANGE FRITTERS AND A STORY
Author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings at Cross Creek, 1935.
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THE MAVERICK FROM EATONVILLE
Zora Neale Hurston takes a significant role in the Harlem Renaissance, 1925.
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WHERE PEACEFUL WATERS FLOW
Steamboat "METAMORA" on the Oklawaha River, 1900.
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DEPARTING FOR DESTINY
Theodore Roosevelt and The Rough Riders at Tampa, 1898.
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1898 |
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| 1865 |
Lincoln is assassinated 5 days after the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, while attending a play in Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
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COW CAVALRY
Florida Home Guard Militia skirmish with Union cattle raiders, 1863.
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1863 |
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| 1861 |
The Civil War begins as 6 southern states, including Florida, withdraw from the U.S., and form the Confederate States of America. After 4 years, with the country torn apart and under the leadership of President Lincoln, the Union is preserved and the North wins. More than 620,000 people die as a result of the War.
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| 1849 |
Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California as thousands hurry west for the Gold Rush. Here come the '49ers!!!
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| 1838 |
The Trail of Tears is the name given to the route the native Cherokees took when forced to leave their homes for reservations in Oklahoma. Out of 12000 people, 3000 die along the way. The Indian Removal Act, passed by the federal government, was the reason for the march.
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EYES TO THE OKEECHOBEE
Colonel Zachary Taylor on the eve of the battle of Okeechobee, December 24, 1837.
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THE CAPTIVE OSCEOLA
Seminole War Leader Osceola escorted to prison in St. Augustine, 1837.
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TRIBAL DUEL
Major David Moniac leads the Creek Regiment into the battle at Wahoo Swamp during the Second Seminole War, 1836.
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1836 |
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| 1836 |
The Seminoles go on the warpath and burn 18 plantations along the East Florida coast, including Bulow and Dunlawton. The Second Seminole War costs the U.S. over $20 million and the natives never surrender. Osceola becomes a legendary warrior.
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| 1832 |
Treaty of Payne's Landing - Seminole must leave Florida and free slaves are not allowed anymore.
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AMERICANS AT BARRANCAS
American military crosses into Spain's Florida, 1818.
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WARRIORS FROM BONDAGE
The attack of Negro Fort on the Apalachicola River, 1816.
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| 1812 |
The War of 1812 begins as the U.S. fights for freedom of the seas against Great Britain. During the Battle of Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor, Francis Scott-Key writes the Star Spangled Banner. The war last 3 years.
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| 1804 |
The Lewis and Clark begin a two year expedition mapping 7700 miles from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.
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| 1803 |
The 3rd President, Thomas Jefferson pays $15 million to France for the Louisiana Purchase, which doubles the size of the U.S.
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| 1789 |
General George Washington becomes the first President of the United States.
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| 1787 |
The Constitution is written and the Bill of Rights is added to provide the framework of our government and secure our basic liberties and freedoms as Americans. It was finally completed in 1791.
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| 1775 |
The American Revolution begins with “the shot heard round the world” at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, near Boston. The Americans win independence with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
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THE FLOWER HUNTER
Early American Botanist William Bartram explores the East Florida Wilderness, 1773.
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| 1773 |
To protest taxation, colonists dumped tea into the Boston harbor at the Boston Tea Party. “No taxation without representation!!!“ Samuel Adams and Paul Revere are among the disguised patriots.
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| 1770 |
Colonists grow very restless as “acts” of Parliament enforce high taxes and King George III ignores them. A mob of patriots assemble and the British soldiers open fire on them, killing 5, including Crispus Attucks, a dockworker who was part African, part Native-American. This incident is later called the Boston Massacre.
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ENCOUNTER AT GULLY HOLE CREEK
British ambush Spanish Florida invaders from St. Augustine at St. Simons Island, Georgia frontier, 1742.
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THE GUNS OF ANASTASIA
British Colonial artillery shell Spanish St. Augustine, 1740.
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| 1738 |
First free Black community is in St. Augustine called Fort Mose.
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| 1733 |
General James Edward Oglethorpe establishes the debtor's colony in Georgia. The colony attracts many groups, poor people from England and religious refugees from Germany and Switzerland. By this time, British settlers had been living along the Atlantic coast for over 150 years.
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| 1698 |
Runaway slaves are free in St. Augustine.
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| 1660 |
Slavery in America begins when black indentured servants are required to serve their masters indefinitely.
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| 1621 |
The Pilgrims and native Americans celebrate the first Thanksgiving in the Plymouth colony, Massachusetts. William Bradford, Miles Standish are English leaders. Squanto and Somerset represent the natives.
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| 1607 |
Jamestown, Virginia colony, becomes the first permanent British settlement in North America. Captain John Smith leads colony.
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THE WRATH OF THE PRIVATEERS
Sir Francis Drake's Raid on St. Augustine, 1586.
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1586 |
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| 1565 |
Spaniards founded St. Augustine, Florida, The first permanent European settlement in North America. Pedro Menendez is governor.
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