Moore Haven in Glades County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Billie Bowlegs (III)
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— 1862 - 1965 —
Erected 2008 by Polk County Historical Commission and the Seminole Tribe.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Native Americans.
Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 26° 49.967′ N, 81° 11.224′ W. Marker was in Moore Haven, Florida, in Glades County. Marker was on State Road 78 south of U.S. 27, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Moore Haven FL 33471, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 8 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies. Veterans Memorial Flagpole (approx. 6 miles away); "Lone Cypress" and Everglades Drainage (approx. 6 miles away); "All Gave Some - Some Gave All" (approx. 6 miles away); Hurricane of 1928 (approx. 7.2 miles away); In Honor and Memory of the Veterans of All Wars (approx. 7.2 miles away).
More about this marker. The marker is fairly new and is located on W State Road 78, a scenic Glades County highway bordered by sugarcane and cattle prairie on the way to Ortona cemetery where Billie Bowlegs is buried.
Also see . . . Billy Bowlegs III. Wikipedia (Submitted on October 15, 2018.)
Additional commentary.
1. Billie Bowlegs III
Billie Bowlegs III was born Billy Fewell on the Brighton Seminole Reservation between Okeechobee and Moore Haven, Florida. He renamed himself Billie Bowlegs III after the great warrior chief of the 2nd and 3rd Seminole Wars. He served as an important elder and historian.
— Submitted February 24, 2009, by B. Jackson of Maitland, Florida.
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