Big Cypress Swamp
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N 25° 59.492 W 081° 35.589
17R E 440634 N 2874880
Collier-Seminole State Park off U.S. 41, near walk
Waymark Code: WM194P
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2007
Views: 59
Once occupied by the Caloosa Indians and the Spanish, it was the last refuge of the Seminoles. The region is drained in a north- south direction by creeks, rivers, sloughs and swamps. Abounding in wildlife, trees, plants, shrubs and flowers, most of the area is less than fifteen feet in elevation; but fertile hammock forests dot the higher lands. The ever-present cypress is called the "wood eternal" and is the oldest living thing on earth.
Marker Number: F-67
Date: 1961
County: Collier
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials
Website: Not listed
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