Image Number

• FPS00470

Year

• 1957

Series Title

• General: Florida Park Service Collection.
• Specific: Florida Park Service Collection Series 236, Box 1, Envelope 226

General Note

• Dade Battlefield Historic State Park was the site of the opening battle of the Second Seminole War on 28 December 1835. Angry over the American government's Indian removal policy, a group of 180 Seminole males attacked Major Francis Dade and his 103 soldiers marching from Fort Brook (Tampa) to Fort King (Ocala). Only three of the Americans survived. The event was for years known as Dade's Massacre. Starting in 1905, with Congressman Stephen Sparkman, attempts were made to preserve the site. Finally on 29 September 1921, at the urging of US Senator Duncan Fletcher, the state legislature purchased the site as a historic memorial. The 80-acre property was later transferred to the Florida Park Service as a state park. In 1972, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Dade Battlefield Historic Memorial. It was also designated as a National Historic Landmark.

Rights

• 

Photographer/Personal Author

• Schaeffer, Charles H., d. 1959

Additional Corporate Creator

• Florida. - Board of Parks and Historic Memorials.

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Subject Term

• Parks--Florida--Sumter County--Bushnell
• Historic sites--Florida--Sumter County--Bushnell
• Outdoor cooking
• Park facilities
• Picnic grounds
• Battlefields--Florida--Sumter County--Bushnell
• Recreation areas--Florida--Sumter County--Bushnell
• Picnic areas

Geographic Term

• Dade Battlefield State Historic Site (Bushnell, Fla)
• Dade Battlefield Historic State Park (Fla)
• Bushnell (Fla)
• Sumter County (Fla)

Subject Corporate

• Florida Park Service
• Florida--Board of Parks and Historic Memorials

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