Fort Concord - Casselberry, Florida
N 28° 40.442 W 081° 20.011
17R E 467413 N 3171917
Free Standing Marker Located in Sunset Park, Casselberry, Florida.
168 Sunset Drive, Casselberry, Florida
Waymark Code: WMW66R
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2017
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FORT CONCORD
During the interbellum periods of the Seminole Wars, local militia in the Casselberry area built forts to protect settlers from Seminole attacks. Aaron Jernigan, the original settler of Orlando, helped tp construct a small blockhouse with local settlers on the northeast shore of Lake Concord in 1849 . The blockhouse was known as Fort Concord or Fort Comfort. The impetus for its construction was the Indian Scare of 1849 when Seminoles attacked a settlement on the Indian River in response to being restricted to the Seminole Reservation. The Fort was only meant to be a temporary fortification and no trace remains today.
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