State of Muskogee
Videos
The State of Muskogee was a proclaimed sovereign nation located in Florida, founded in 1799 and led by William Augustus Bowles, a Loyalist veteran of the American Revolutionary War who lived among the
William Augustus Bowles (1763-1805) was also known as Estajoca, his Muscogee name.
Seminole Wars
Videos
The Seminole Wars were a series of three military conflicts between the United States and the Seminoles that took place in Florida between about 1816 and 1858. The Seminole Tribe of Florida tend to vi
State of Muskogee
…interior of Florida. In 1818, the Native American town of Miccosukee, Leon County, Florida, was destroyed by General Andrew Jackson's army during the First Seminole War. Indian barrier state…
Seminole men hide among mangrove roots as a U.S. Marine expedition searches for them in the Everglades during the Second Seminole War Marines Battle Seminole Indians in the Florida War—1835–1842, painted in 1956
Andrew Jackson led an invasion of Florida during the First Seminole War.
Edmund Pendleton Gaines commanded Federal troops at the Battle of Negro Fort.
Illustration of the arrest of Hillis Hadjo and Homathlemico at St. Mark's