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...

One of Florida?s oldest parks, opening to the public in 1931, this park was established when local citizens came together to promote the hammock as a candidate for national park status. During...

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...