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A Seminole War Fort Site in Northern Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stanley J. Olsen*
Affiliation:
Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Florida

Abstract

Finding sites of U.S. Army outposts of the Seminole War period (1835-42) in Florida is difficult under the best conditions. Little in the way of occupation residue is generally visible to indicate the presence of these sites in the heavily vegetated lowlands of Florida. One of these posts, Fort Stansbury, headquarters for the 3rd Regiment of the U.S. Infantry during the Florida Wars, has been relocated. The methods used and the military artifacts leading to its discovery are described.

Type
Facts and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1965

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