This podcast has featured many episodes on the Fort King Road. This week we explore the Seminole Trail.
The trail is a patchwork of sites and scenes throughout Florida that are related to the Seminole Indians. In Traveling Florida’s Seminole Trail: A Complete Guide to Seminole Indian Historic and Cultural Sites, Doug Alderson hits the road to discover and assess the Seminole footprint in Florida.
Doug takes readers to the Old Negro Fort site in the Panhandle, the Alachua Savannah near Gainesville, the Dade Battlefield in Bushnell, the Smallwood store in the Ten Thousand Islands, Indian Key in the Florida Keys, the destroyed sugar plantations near St. Augustine and everywhere between the Seminoles kept a presence.
An author of 15 published books, Doug Alderson writes about the historic and dynamic nature of his home state of Florida. His books include this one, for which he recently published an updated, 2nd edition. Of note to listeners, he penned A New Guide to Old Florida Attractions, which the Florida Writers Association placed in the top five of published books for 2017. He has won four first place Royal Palm Literary awards for travel books and several other state and national writing and photography awards. Additionally, his articles and photographs have been featured in numerous magazines including Native Peoples, Wildlife Conservation, American Forests, Sea Kayaker, Sierra, and Mother Earth News.
Above, Seminole Living History Interpreters clear their weapons in a salute at the annual re-enactment of the Battle of Okeechobee. Below, a Seminole interpreter charges during the annual Dade Battle re-enactment.
Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. He is a combat veteran and of the U.S. Army, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Kosovo, and at the Pentagon after 9/11. A military historian, he holds masters degrees in Public History, Communication, and Homeland Security, and is a graduate of the US Army War College with an advanced degree in strategic studies. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Florida.
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SW0139 Seminole Maroons Hold Reunion to Tell the Full History of Seminole Wars AND Seminole Peace
SW0138 Writer Presents Seminole as Integral Players in Florida’s Past and Present
SW0137 New Blood in Seasoned Packages as Retired Navy Couple Enters the Living History Ranks
SW0136 Nicoll’s Outpost Yields War Site Clues to First Seminole War
SW0135 Longtime Reenactor Shares Trade Knowledge for Accurate SW Presentations
SW0134 Craftsman Explains How to Attire a Seminole Reenactor with One Simple Handbook
SW0133 Soldiers, Seminole Adapted and Innovated Amidst A Climate of Hostility in Florida
SW0132 Three Seminole Wars Told at Florida Pioneer Museum Event Oct. 29
SW0131 How Well Regulated Must a Militia Be to Ensure Security of a Free State...or Florida Territory?
SW0130 Martial Matters 7: Army uses Duplicity, Settlers to Subdue Seminole When Decisive Battle Fails
SW0129 Martial Matters 6: Army Pursuit of Decisive Battle Proves Futile
SW0128 Martial Matters 5: Great Scott! Feuding Commanders’ Stubbornness Risked Catastrophe, Annihilation
SW0127 Martial Matters 4: Manning the Militia for Seminole Wars Service Required Citizens Already Keeping and Bearing Arms
SW0126 Martial Matters 3: Keeping and Bearing Arms with the Militia in Seminole Wars Era Proved Anything But Simple
SW0125 Martial Matters 2: Muskets, Rifles, Bayonets Win Wars -- When in the Right Hands
SW0124 Field a Standing Army or State Militia Volunteers to Remove Seminole?
SW0123 Unsung, Shush-less Librarians Organize Foundation’s Books into Central Access Repository
SW0122 At Foundation’s Archive, Grad Students from UCF Discover Dead Men Do Indeed Tell Tales
SW0121 Master Florida Artist Jackson Walker Depicts Grit and Determination in Seminole Wars
SW0120 Legendary Artist Jackson Walker Speaks About His Big Canvas Legendary Florida Scenes
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