FORT DALLAS
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FORT DALLAS |
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NAME: Fort Dallas COUNTY: Dade ROADS: 2WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: Fine year round BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
COMMENTS:
No residents. Housed on the grounds of Lummas Park, Miami REMAINS: Barracks Building |
| Fort Dallas was established on the Miami River about 1836 to help with the ongoing unrest of the Seminole Indians. United States Navy Lieutenant L. Powell reportedly built blockhouses and other buildings to house his troops. In 1838 Captain L.B. Webster arrived and called the new post Fort Dallas after Commodore Alexander James Dallas of the U.S. Navy. Other post commanders were: Captain J. R. Vinton , Captain Martin Burke, Captain B.H. Mill. During the many occupations of the fort the remaining stone structure had, at times, a second story of wood. When the troops were withdrawn the wood was usually removed. Many owners of the property transpired until the property was purchased by Julia Tuttle in 1890. Julia Tuttle is well known as the person who encouraged Henry Flagler to extend his railroad to Miami. However she did not live to see the arrival. The “barracks”, as they are called, remained on the site as the only remnant of the fort until 1924 when an apartment building was slated to occupy the site. The coquina stone building was disassembled in sections and moved to Lummas Park. The existing chimneys and barred windows do not appear to be a part of the original fort structure but were additions added later. Information from the public record http://memory.loc.gov Submitted by Mike Woodfin Submitted by: MIke Woodfin |
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