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Zolfo Springs in Hardee County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Seminole Indian Battle

 
 
Seminole Indian Battle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, January 14, 2026
1. Seminole Indian Battle Marker
Inscription. One of the Last Battles fought with the Seminole Nation ended here on June 16, 1856 with Defeat of the Indians by Soldiers from Ft. Meade.
 
Erected 1958 by Wauchula Junior Woman's Club.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesWars, US Indian. A significant historical date for this entry is June 16, 1856.
 
Location. 27° 30.056′ N, 81° 47.947′ W. Marker is in Zolfo Springs, Florida, in Hardee County. It is on Museum Drive near U.S. 17. At the Cracker Trail Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2822 Museum Dr, Zolfo Springs FL 33890, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Florida. It is also in the American 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are
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within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "Bone" Mizell (a few steps from this marker); Mr. Clarence Alvin Bryant (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Fort Hartsuff (approx. 2.1 miles away); Operation Desert Shield/Storm (approx. 3.3 miles away); Wauchula State Bank (approx. 3.3 miles away); Wauchula City Hall (approx. 3.3 miles away); Stansfield Building (approx. 3.3 miles away); Wauchula Train Depot (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Zolfo Springs.
 
Seminole Indian Battle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, November 10, 2009
2. Seminole Indian Battle Marker
Seminole Indian Battle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Patricia Strat, December 11, 2012
3. Seminole Indian Battle Marker
Baldwin Locomotive near the Seminole Indian Battle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, November 10, 2009
4. Baldwin Locomotive near the Seminole Indian Battle Marker
Baldwin Locomotive near the Seminole Indian Battle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, November 10, 2009
5. Baldwin Locomotive near the Seminole Indian Battle Marker
Dedication plaque on the Baldwin Locomotive image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, November 10, 2009
6. Dedication plaque on the Baldwin Locomotive
This 1914 wood-burning Baldwin Locomotive is the gift of Kervin D. Revell of Wauchula to the Pioneer Park Museum, March 1967
8" Morris Slurry Pump image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, November 10, 2009
7. 8" Morris Slurry Pump
Dedication plaque on the 8" Morris Slurry Pump image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, November 10, 2009
8. Dedication plaque on the 8" Morris Slurry Pump
8" Morris Slurry Pump used at Jane Jay Phosphate Mine in the early 1900's
Donated to Pioneer Park by Gardinier, Inc.
Seminole Indian Battle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, November 10, 2009
9. Seminole Indian Battle Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 29, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,648 times since then and 51 times this year. Last updated on November 13, 2012, by Ray King of Jacksonville, Florida. Photos:   1. submitted on January 29, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.   2. submitted on November 15, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.   3. submitted on December 14, 2012, by Patricia Strat of Oakton, Virginia.   4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on November 15, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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