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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SW0119 GARI Archaeologists Excavate, Survey to Locate ’Lost’ Seminole Red Town of Chucochatti
SW0118 An Uneven Fate awaited the International Cast of Characters after Prospect Bluff Battle
SW0117 Historian Dale Cox Recalls the Tragic, Devastating American Attack and Destruction of the ’Negro Fort’ at Prospect Bluff in July 1816
SW0116 A British-built Fort at Prospect Bluff in Spanish Florida Shielded Blacks and Indians from U.S. Territorial Designs on Apalachicola River
SW0115 Scholar David Fowler Recovers and Presents Riveting Narratives from One National Newspaper’s 1st Draft of Florida’s U.S. History
SW0114 Marine Vietnam Vet Preserves Corps Heritage as Seminole War-era Leatherneck
SW0113 The Great Rivalry at War: Regulars versus Militia Performance in the Second Seminole War
SW0112 History Hunter Steve Carr Sifts Developer’s Dirt Fill Piles to Reveal Okeechobee Battle Artifacts
SW0111 Dogged Researcher Used Shovels and Smarts to Confirm Okeechobee Battlefield Site
SW0110 Louie Bears Heart Living Historian Issues Urgent Call for Help to Restore Fort Foster
SW0109 Author and Explorer Doug Alderson Examines the Impact of Florida Rivers on Seminole Resistance and Soldier Removal Efforts
SW0108 US Army Scores Rare 2SW Victory in Battle of Camp Monroe with Dragoons, Stubborn Defense, and a Timely Assist from a Navy Gunboat
SW0107 Marines Escape Andrew Jackson’s Wrath with Timely Florida War Deployment; Show Great Value on Land/Swamps in Second Seminole War
SW0106 Marines Earned Sea Legs in the US Frigate Navy; Engaged British, Pirates, Creeks and Seminole on Florida’s Early 1800s Gulf Coast
SW0105 Sanford Living Historian Offers Glimpse into Arduous Lives of Florida Women Pioneers
SW0104 Fort Pierce Black Seminole Heritage Informs Specialist’s Outreach Connects Tribal Members with Educational Opportunities
SW0103 Silent Stone Sentinels and Replica Wooden Structures Stand as Testaments to Florida’s Frontier Fort Past
SW102 Jake Tiger, Descendant of Billy Powell (aka Asi-Yahola), Kindles Seminole Nation Spirit
SW101 Pirate and Heritage Festival Features Pre-Seminole Wars Character Reenactors and Crafts
SW100 Foundation President Details Back Story to Convocations, Publishing, and Member Bennies
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