Seminole Wars

Was there really a Fort Concord?

Oral tradition says it was located on the northern shore of Lake Concord, essentially in the Home Depot parking lot. I spoke about the "fort" extensively in this post: Casselberry's original settlement, Concord. Some legends state that it was built...

Visit to Lake Harney’s Mansfield Island in 1891

In January 1891, photojournalist Clarence Bloomfield Moore traveled down the St. Johns River with a small crew. It had become an annual tradition since he first journeyed deep into the Florida wilderness in 1879. Moore was a Harvard-educated archeologist from...