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Fort King (also known as Camp King or Cantonment King) was a United States military fort in north central Florida. It was named after Colonel William King, commander of Florida's Fourth Infantry and the first governor of the provisional West Florida region. The fort was built in 1827, and became the genesis of the city of Ocala. Located near the corner of East Fort King Street and 39th Avenue in Ocala, the site is a U.S. National Historic Landmark (designated as such on February 24, 2004). The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
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Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ...
Nickname: Horse Capital of the World, Lightning Capital of the World Location of Ocala, Florida Coordinates: Country State County United States Florida Marion County Area - City 100. ...
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Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ...
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There have been several people named William King: William King (1663-1712), English poet. ...
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Nickname: Horse Capital of the World, Lightning Capital of the World Location of Ocala, Florida Coordinates: Country State County United States Florida Marion County Area - City 100. ...
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History
Prehistory Archaeological investigations have indicated that the area was inhabited prior to the arrival of the white man in the area. At least two periods of occupation have been identified: between 6500 and 2000 B.C., and 200 to 1500 A.D. Dionysius Exiguus invented Anno Domini years to date Easter. ...
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The fort Fort King was constructed in 1827 as a buffer between the Seminoles (to the south in the Moultrie Creek Treaty reservation area) and whites settling in the region. It sat at the nexus of a system of military roads. From the fort, one could travel easily (for the era) to Fort Brooks (near Orange Springs), Fort McCoy, a ford at the St. Johns River which would become the town of Astor, Palatka, Jacksonville, and Fort Brooke (on Tampa Bay, to name but a few. It fell into disuse after 1829. Ft. ...
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Astor is a census-designated place located in Lake County, Florida. ...
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Fort Brooke is a historical military poat situated on the east bank (at the mouth) of the Hillsborough River in present-day Tampa. ...
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In 1832, the fort was active again to help in the relocation of the Seminoles westward as part of the Treaty of Payne's Landing. The Second Seminole War, beginning in 1835, made the fort one of the most important during the next seven years, due to its strategic location. Abandoned for nearly a year between mid-1836 to early 1837 after the Seminoles burned it, the fort still remained mostly in use until the war's end in 1842. After the founding of Marion County, the fort became its first courthouse in 1844. Eventually, though, the building was abandoned for the last time, and the fort deconstructed to provide building material for the early residents. 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Osceola, Seminole leader, detail from an 1838 lithograph The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, were three wars or conflicts in Florida between the Seminole Native American tribe and the United States. ...
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Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ...
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Recent Today there are no signs of the fort. Two historical markers exist, one marking the approximate location of the fort itself, the other at the cemetary for it. Some of the area is publicly owned, and some is private. Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ...
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