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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SW039 Army Victuals: Jerry Morris Takes Measure of Marchers by the Volume of their Vittles
SW038: Military Marcher Maps Full 1835 Major Dade Route on Fort King Road and Then Some
SW037 A More Detailed Look at how Major Dade Led His Troops to Massacre on Fort King Road
SW036 Major Dade's Column Battles Seminole Ambush on Fort King Military Road 185 Years Ago
SW035: Original Laumer's Legionnaire of 1963 recalls 1988 Second Major Dade Commemorative March on Fort King Military Road
SW034 Doubting Thomas: Did Dade Battle Survivor Truly Trek an Epic Feat of 60 miles Overnight to Break the News to Fort Brooke?
SW033 Second Seminole War Historical Hobbyist Jesse Marshall Walks the Walk to Talk the Talk
SW032 Frank Laumer and Co. Blaze New Path on an Old Trail in 1963, Retracing Fatal Steps of Major Dade's 1835 March along Fort King Military Road
SW031 Despite Close Call, 3rd Time is Still a Charm for Dade Marchers on 2004 Fort King Road Trek
SW030 On Whim, Ex-Paratrooper, Trucker Joins Laumer's Legion for 1988 March to Dade Battlefield; Remains a Stalwart Sentinel
SW029 Virtual March Honors Seminole Wars Combatants
SW028 Park Spotlight: Dade Battlefield State Park Commemorates Historic Military Event, Hosts Engaging Year-Round Events, Programs
SW027 Why a SECOND Seminole War? Federal Government's Eminent Domain Land Grab Fueled Removal Demands & Invited Imminent Conflict
SW026 War Pressure Forges Lasting Cultural Identity Among Loosely Aligned Seminole Bands
SW025 Archaeologists Reconcile Discrepancies, Omissions in Withlacoochee Cove Battle Accounts
SW024 Black Seminole Leaders Offered Key Support, Collaboration to Native Resistance
SW023 Battle Log: A Short Review of the Long Seminole Wars and Noteworthy Events
SW022 Newnan's 1812 Raid Nearly Leads to 1835 Dade-like Massacre
SW021 Prelude to the Seminole Wars: American 'Patriot' Invasion of Spanish East Florida in 1812
SW020 Seminole War Interpreter, Craftsman Trades on Past to Preserve Tribe's Future
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