Image Number

• RC20162

Year

• 194-

Series Title

• General: Reference collection

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

• Harmon, William Z., 1916-1974

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

Subject Term

• Battlefield monuments--Florida--Sumter County--Bushnell
• Dade Massacre, Fla, 1835
• Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875
• Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
• Historical markers--Florida--Sumter County--Bushnell
• Historic sites--Florida--Sumter County--Bushnell
• Parks--Florida--Sumter County--Bushnell
• Battlefields--Florida--Sumter County--Bushnell

Geographic Term

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

Subject Corporate

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

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: 16321.

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