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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 .
Fort Barnwell - Second Seminole War fort - was also known as Fort Columbia. Fort Barker; Fort Barrancas (also Fort San Carlos de Barrancas) Fort Basinger - Second and Third Seminole War Fort. [7] Fort Birch - Second Seminole War Fort. [4] Fort Blount [8] Fort Braden; Fort Brooke - Second Seminole War Fort. Fort Brooks - Second Seminole War Fort ...
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 ...
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.
Leaving Fort Gardiner on the upper Kissimmee with 1,000 men on December 19, Taylor headed towards Lake Okeechobee. In the first two days out ninety Seminoles surrendered. On the third day Taylor stopped to build Fort Basinger, where he left his sick and enough men to guard the Seminoles that had surrendered. Three days later, on Christmas Day ...
This category deals with the people, places and events of the Seminole Wars in Florida (1817-1818; 1835-1842; 1855-1858). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seminole Wars . Subcategories
Fort Basinger (Seminole War Fort) Fort Brooke; Fort Caben; Fort Christmas; Fort Dallas; Fort Drum, Florida; Fort Fraser (Florida) Fort Fulton; Fort Gardiner; Fort Hanson; Fort King; Fort Maitland; Fort McRee; Fort Mitchell, Florida; Fort Peyton; Fort Pickens; Fort Picolata; Fort San Francisco de Pupo; Fort Scott (Flint River, Georgia) Fort ...
Gaines said he intended to supply Fort Scott from New Orleans via the Apalachicola River. As this would mean passing through Spanish territory and past the Negro Fort, it would allow the U.S. Army to keep an eye on the Seminole and the Negro Fort. If the fort fired on the supply boats, the Americans would have an excuse to destroy it. [73]