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Osceola and his followers shot six others outside Fort King, while another group of Seminole ambushed and killed a column of US Army, more than 100 troops, who were marching from Fort Brooke to Fort King. Americans called this event the Dade Massacre. These nearly simultaneous attacks catalyzed the Second Seminole War with the United States.
Osceola is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States.The population was 229 at the 2010 census. [4] The town is named for the Seminole fighter Osceola.. The town of Osceola is in the southwestern part of Lewis County and is southwest of Lowville, the county seat.
Location of Osceola County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Osceola County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Osceola County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Osceola County (/ ˌ ɒ s i ˈ oʊ l ə / AH-see-OH-lə) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 388,656. [1] Its county seat is Kissimmee. [2] Osceola County is included in the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Fla. Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Detailed map of Mount Rainier's summit and northeast slope showing upper perimeter of Osceola collapse amphitheater (hachured line) The Osceola Mudflow, also known as the Osceola Lahar, was a debris flow and lahar in the U.S. state of Washington that descended from the summit and northeast slope of Mount Rainier, a volcano in the Cascade Range during a period of eruptions about 5,600 years ago.
Osceola is a city in, and a dual county seat of, Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. [4] Located along the Mississippi River within the Arkansas Delta, the settlement was founded in 1837 and incorporated in 1853. Occupying an important location on the river, the city's economy grew as steamboat traffic increased.
Within the forest is the Osceola Research Natural Area, designated a National Natural Landmark in December 1974. [2] [3]Osceola National Forest is home to many birds as well as mammalian and reptilian species, including the alligator, eastern indigo snake, two species of skunk, muskrat, black bear, coyote, raccoon, gopher tortoise, bobcat, two species of fox, opossum, cougar, fox squirrel, and ...
Osceola was named after a Seminole Indian leader of the same name. [5] Osceola is an anglicised form of Asiyahola: assi, from a ceremonial yaupon holly tea or "black drink" and yaholi, the name of a Creek god intoned when the drink was served.