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Fort Basinger's original site is located approximately 35 miles (56 km) west of Fort Pierce, Florida, along U. S. Highway 98 in Highlands County, Florida. It was a stockaded fortification with two blockhouses that was built in 1837 by the United States Army .
Engraving of Fort Basinger, 1883. Fort Basinger is an unincorporated town in Highlands County, Florida that arose around the Second and Third Seminole Wars fortification: Fort Basinger. The fort was situated 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Okeechobee. Just north of Fort Basinger is Lorida, and just above that is Sebring.
This should not be confused with Fort Zachary Taylor (see below), built in Key West, Florida, approximately 280 miles to the Southwest of this Fort Taylor's location. The future President was a Colonel during the Second Seminole War and served in the Florida campaigns at the same time this Fort Taylor was in active operation.
Fort Basinger (Seminole War Fort) Fort Brooke; Fort Caben; Fort Christmas; Fort Cooper State Park; Fort Dallas; Fort Drane; Fort Foster; Fort Fulton; Fort Gardiner ...
Fort Basinger: 1 Highlands: 33428 Fort Braden: 1 Leon: Fort Caroline: 1 Duval Fort Caroline Club Estates: 1 Duval: 32211 Fort Caroline National Memorial: 1 Duval: 32225 Fort Centre: 1 Glades Fort Denaud: 1 Hendry Fort De Soto: 1 Pinellas Fort Drum: 1 Okeechobee: 33472 Fort Florida: 1 Volusia: Fort Gadsden: 1 Franklin Fort Gates: 1 Putnam Fort ...
Fort Basinger (Seminole War Fort) Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park; C. Fort Caben; Cantonment Clinch; Fort Casey (Florida) Fort Christmas; D.
The state of Florida spent $3.2 million for a 145-acre (0.59 km 2) park. An annual battle reenactment is held to raise money for the State park. [16] Archaeological investigations carried out at the park by the U.S. National Park Service in 2015 failed to locate any evidence of the 1837 battle. The exact location of the fighting remains unknown ...
Paynes Creek Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located on Lake Branch Road one-half mile southeast of Bowling Green, Florida.On November 21, 1978, it was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places, under the title of Payne's Creek Massacre-Fort Chokonikla Site (also known as "site of Chokonikla blockhouse and bridge" or "Military cemetery").