Stage Stand Cemetery - Homosassa Springs, Florida, USA
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N 28° 47.765 W 082° 34.405
17R E 346439 N 3186409
A historical marker of the Stage Stand Cemetery located at the main entrance.
Waymark Code: WM1110Z
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2019
Views: 3
Marker inscription:
STAGE STAND CEMETERY
Stage Stand was a stopping place of the mail wagon run by the U.S. Army during the 1800's. It became a cemetery by chance.
The Seminole war lasted intermittently from 1818 until 1858. During that time American settlers moved in to hunt and cull cedar and pine from the forests.
Circa 1830 mail came from Fort Brooke (now Tampa) along the old Indiand Road (now US-19) to Stage Stand to Lee's Mound (now Rock Crusher) to Brooksville before returning to Fort Brooke. The Homosassa Stand, just a rough shelter bordered the farm of the Harrell family, they were squatters hoping to settle and own land. When the Harrells did not come one morning for mail call, neighbors traveled through their woods to seek them out. The Indians had murdered most of the family and scalped them. One boy survived, he was out duck hunting.
Neighbors helped bury the family on a knoll just south of the Stage Stand.
In those days, grave markers are simply a large stone, unetched with dates or names. That practice continued for many decades and they are still in place today.
Sponsored by:
Wilder Funeral Home and the Homosassa River Garden Club.
Marker Number: 0
Date: 0/0/0000
County: Citrus
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: Wilder Funeral Home and Homosassa River Garden Club
Website: Not listed
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