Fort Foster State Historic Site is part of Hillsborough River State Park, though located on the East Side of US 301 from the park. Fort Foster is a reconstructed fort from the Second Seminole...

In 1836, Indian Key became the first county seat for Dade County. At that time, this tiny island was the site of a lucrative business-salvaging cargo from shipwrecks in the Florida Keys. Accessible...

During the 1840s, tensions between the settlers and Seminole Indians prompted authorities to establish a trading post in Florida?s interior, away from settlements. Built in early 1849, the...