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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R16_fort-king-burying-ground_Ocala-FL.html
This marks the burying ground of the soldiers and civilians who died at Fort King during the Seminole War 1835-1842. Fort King occupied the hill to the north-east and was established as a military post in 1827.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PDF_ocala-demands_Ocala-FL.html
In December, 1890, Ocala was host to a meeting of the National Farmers' Alliance. Sessions, attended by 88 delegates and hundreds of visitors, were held at the Opera House and the Semi-Tropical Exposition Building. A state-wide agricultural exposi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PDE_the-old-courthouse-square_Ocala-FL.html
Designated as a Public Square in the original Ocala plat of 1846, this location was the site of Marion County's first permanent courthouse built in 1851. It was a two-story frame building of Colonial design. The second courthouse was erected on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PDD_ocala_Ocala-FL.html
In 1539 Spanish explorers under Hernando de Soto discovered in this vicinity a populous native country called Ocali. From this Timucuan name is derived Ocala,, a designation distinctive among the oldest place-names of Florida. Marion County, named…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PDB_fort-king_Ocala-FL.html
On a nearby knoll stood Fort King, important military outpost during the removal of the Florida Indians. Adjacent to a Seminole agency established in 1825, it was named for Col. William King and first occupied in 1827. Outside the stockade, on Dec…
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