Near Land O' Lakes in Pasco County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Concord Stagecoach Road
Photographed by Robert Cole, December 5, 2012
1. Concord Stagecoach Road Marker
Stagecoach Village takes its name from the coach road connecting Tampa Bay with the settlement at Chocochattee Hammock, near present-day Brooksville. The route - about 1 1/2 miles west of here - was sometimes called "Scott's Trail," having been cleared by the U.S. Army under Gen. Winfield Scott during the Second Seminole War. An old Indian trail ran parallel to the coach road at this spot.
An archeological examination by Janus research - commissioned by Lennar Homes - revealed two prehistoric campsites in this vicinity, one of them datable between the seventh and fifteenth centuries.
About 1850, the Concord Stagecoach Line began regular passenger service and a relay station known as "26-Mile House," because it was 26 miles south of Chocochatte, was located in this vicinity. Stagecoach service was suspended during the Third Seminole War in 1856 but resumed afterward and continued through the War Between The States. Near the end of the 19th century, stagecoach travel was supplanted by the railroads.
Erected 2003 by the Pasco Board of County Commissioners, the Pasco County Historical Preservation Committee, and Lennar Homes, Inc.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities
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Location. 28° 12.429′ N, 82° 24.127′ W. Marker is near Land O' Lakes, Florida, in Pasco County. It is on Stagecoach Village Blvd 0.4 miles west of Wesley Chapel Blvd (County Road 54), in the median. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Land O Lakes FL 34639, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast and on Tampa Bay. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. 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 within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Florida Honors and Remembers our POWs and MIAs (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named Florida Honors and Remembers our POW's and MIA's (approx. 2.1 miles away); Dupree Gardens (approx. 4.1 miles away); Ehren Community (approx. 4.2 miles away); Ehren African American Community / Mount Carmel Church And Cemetery (approx. 5.1 miles away); Double Branch Baptist Church and Cemetery (approx. 5.2 miles away); Wesley Chapel (approx. 5.3 miles away); Lutz Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Land O' Lakes.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Trooper James Brad Crooks Highway (was approx. 3.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Also see . . . Stagecoaches Once Rumbled Through Pasco.
Photographed by Robert Cole, December 5, 2012
2. Concord Stagecoach Road Marker
Photo taken in park facing Stagecoach Village Boulevard.
Photographed by Unknown, circa 1870s
3. Concord Stagecoach Road Marker
Typical Florida stage coach traveling the rough, sandy ruts. (Photo credit: Florida State Archives, http://landolakes.patch.com/articles/stagecoaches-once-rumbled-through-pasco#photo-6990972)
Photographed by Unknown, July 1865
4. Concord Stagecoach Advertisement
Concord Stage Company advertisement for passenger service from Pilatka to Tampa. (Photo credit: Florida State Archives, http://landolakes.patch.com/articles/stagecoaches-once-rumbled-through-pasco#photo-6990983)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2012, by Cleo Robertson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,222 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 17, 2012, by Cleo Robertson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
