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ACTIVITY:
Dade Battlefield State Historic Site |
FEE:
None OPEN DATES: 8:00 AM to Sunset. Museum 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
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"Have a good heart; our difficulties and dangers are over now, and as
soon as we arrive at Fort King you'll have three days rest and keep Christmas
gaily." Maj. Francis L. Dade, spoke these words of encouragement to 107
cold and tired soldiers here in a pine forest the morning of Dec. 28, 1835.
He and his men had only moments to live. In less than eight hours, not a
man would be left standing in the column of sky-blue uniforms and black
forage caps that stretched behind him. The Second Seminole War was about
to begin
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ACTIVITY:
Gamble Plantation State Historic Site |
FEE:
3.00 adult, 1.50 ages 6 - 12, children
6 and under free. OPEN DATES:Park - 8:00 - Sunset, Mansion - Thursday through Monday w/tours at 9:30 AM 10:30 AM and 1,2,3,& 4 PM |
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The mansion was the home of Major Robert Gamble and the headquarters
of an extensive sugar plantation of over 3,500 acres. In May of 1865, after
the fall of the Confederacy, Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin
took refuge in the house until his safe passage to England could be secured.
In 1925, the mansion and 16 acres were saved by the United Daughters of
the Confederacy and donated to the state. Today, it is furnished in the
style of a successful mid-19th century plantation. A guided tour through
the mansion depicts a time and way of life that were very much a part of
Florida's unique history.
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ACTIVITY:
Bulow Plantation Ruins State Historic Sitee |
FEE:
2.00 per vehicle OPEN DATES: 9 AM to 5 PM |
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Bulow's Sugar Mill, constructed of local "coquina" rock was the largest
mill in East Florida. At the boat slips, flatboats were loaded with barrels
of raw sugar and molasses and floated down Bulow Creek to be shipped north.
This frontier industry came to an abrupt end at the outbreak of the Second
Seminole War. In January 1836 a band of Seminole Indians, resisting removal
to the West, looted and burned the plantation. It never recovered. Today
the walls and chimneys of the sugar mill remain standing.
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