Days after the Third Seminole War ended in 1858, the Wagner family (early settlers) were frightened to run into Old Tigertail and more than a dozen warriors on the road near Miami. But Tigertail ...

The U.S. military forces the Cayuse to surrender and hangs five people. 1855-1858: Third Seminole War Brigadier General William S. Harney subdues Billy Bowlegs and other Seminole warriors in Florida.

Indiantown in western Martin County was settled by fleeing members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida in 1858 as a trading post following the Third Seminole War. It changed during the Florida land boom ...