Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Seminole Family
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2021
1. Seminole Family Marker
A life-sized, cast-bronze sculpture, designed and created by the artist team of Bradley Cooley and Bradley Cooley Jr. of Lamont, Florida, shows a typical family during the Seminole Wars of the 1830s. Under constant threat from the U.S. military, the family is concerned and watchful. As they make their way along their path, the father, carrying a rifle, guards his wife, young son and infant child.
For nearly six decades, Florida State University has proudly identified itself with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, a courageous, tenacious and determined people who, against great odds, have struggled successfully to preserve their culture and to live their lives according to their traditions and beliefs.
The name Florida State Seminoles was selected by vote of the Universitys student body in 1947, shortly after FSU became a coeducational institution.
FSUs use of the name honors the strength and bravery of these people, who never surrendered and ultimately persevered. Today Florida State University and the Seminole Tribe of Florida have established a partnership to honor and expand opportunities to convey the great history
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Sports • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1947.
Location. 30° 26.335′ N, 84° 18.213′ W. Marker is in Tallahassee, Florida, in Leon County. It can be reached from the intersection of Champions Way and West Pensacola Street. The marker and sculpture are in front of the T. K. Wetherell Building on the northeast side of the Doak S. Campbell Stadium (Florida State Seminoles). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 282 Champions Way, Tallahassee FL 32306, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Florida. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2021
2. Seminole Family Sculpture
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bernard F. Sliger / Doak Sheridan Campbell (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); 2013 National Championship Football Team (about 500 feet away); 1999 National Championship Football Team (about 500 feet away); 1993 National Championship Football Team (about 500 feet away); The Sod Cemetery (about 500 feet away); The Al Dunlap Seminole Practice Fields (about 600 feet away); Sir Harold W. Kroto (approx. 0.4 miles away); James M. Buchanan (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tallahassee.
Also see . . .
1. Seminole Wars (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: 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 Seminoles are a Native American nation which coalesced in northern Florida during the early 1700s, when the territory was still a Spanish colonial possession. Tensions grew between the Seminoles and American settlers in the newly independent United States in the early 1800s, mainly because(Submitted on May 8, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)enslaved people regularly fled from Georgia into Spanish Florida, prompting slaveowners to conduct slave raids across the border.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 20213. Seminole Family SculptureWhat began as small cross-border skirmishes became the First Seminole War, as Andrew Jackson led U.S. forces into Floridadespite Spanish objectionsto pursue the Seminoles. Jackson's forces destroyed several Seminole, Mikasuki and Black Seminole towns, as well as captured San Marcos de Apalache and briefly occupied Pensacola before withdrawing in 1818.
In 1832 by the Treaty of Payne's Landing, the federal government under United States President Andrew Jackson demanded that the Seminoles leave Florida altogether and relocate to Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma) as per the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Those who refused to move resisted violently, leading to the Second Seminole War (18351842), which was by far the longest and most wide-ranging of the three conflicts.
By 1842, 3,612 Seminoles had relocated to the Indian Territory. A minority of about 350 to 500 remained in Florida, where they were allowed to remain in an uneasy truce. Tensions over new settlement in the state under the Armed Occupation
Act of 1842 south of Tampa led to renewed hostilities, and the Third Seminole War broke out in 1855. By the cessation of active fighting in 1858, the few remaining bands of Seminoles in Florida had fled deep into the Everglades to land unwanted by American settlers.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 20214. Seminole Family MarkerThe marker is atop a concrete pedestal in front of the sculpture.Altogether, the Seminole Wars were the longest of the American Indian Wars while also being the most expensive.
2. Seminole Family at Doak Campbell Stadium, Florida State University (YouTube). (Submitted on May 8, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2021
5. Seminole Family Sculpture
The marker and sculpture are in front of the T. K. Wetherell Building.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2021
6. T. K. Wetherell Building
It spans the northeast side of the Doak S. Campbell Stadium (home of the Florida State Seminoles).
Credits. This page was last revised on May 8, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 19 times since then. Photos: 1. submitted on May 7, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 8, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
