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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24A7_sumica_Lake-Wales-FL.html
During the early 1900s, this area's long leaf and slash pine forests were home to several small turpentine and timber communities. One such town was Sumica, located approximately two miles south of this location. The name "Sumica" is an …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SIR_old-indian-trails_Lake-Wales-FL.html
On Kissimmee River sixteen miles northeast of Lake Wales government trail leading to fort crosses highway between Gum Lakes. Lake Rosalee, where Seminole Indians stopped before moving to Everglades, is near this trail.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SIQ_fort-gardiner_Lake-Wales-FL.html
A few miles east of here, on the banks of the Kissimmee River stood Fort Gardiner. Named for Captain George Washington Gardiner who died in the Dade Massacre in 1835. Established December 2, 1837 by Colonel Zachary Taylor on his march to the Battl…