Cemetery a Day in May: Fort Drum Cemetery (Okeechobee County)
Cemetery Log Date: May 29, 2014
Discover one of Florida's ghost town cemeteries at Fort Drum in Okeechobee County.
The cemetery covers 8 acres with 381 internments, ranging in dates from 1876 to current day.
Fort Drum was a Seminole War fort built in the 1840's and abandoned soon after. The first pioneers moved to the area about 1870. Henry Parker was one of those pioneers and opened a store and trading post attached to the side of his log cabin home. The nearby Seminole Indians were some of Parker's regular customers trading alligator, deer and otter hides for guns, ammunition and groceries. Parker, along with many other first pioneers, can be found in the Fort Drum Cemetery.
WHO: Owned and maintained by Okeechobee County
WHAT: Early pioneer cemetery
WHEN: Dawn til Dusk
WHERE: US 441 and NE 304th Street, Fort Drum, FL map
WHY:
For more information, look at: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=329774,
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/fl/fortdrum.html
Text by: Robbie Boggs
2013 #CaDiM posts
Intro, May 1: National, May 2: Oakdale, May 3: Murphy's Creek, May 4: Mt. Olive, May 5: Bosque Bello, May 6: Old City, May 7: Espanola, May 8: Tolomato, May 9: Pacetti, May 10: West View, May 11: Magnolia Springs, May 12: St. Peter's, May 13: Gravely Hill, May 14: Pilgrim's Rest, May 15: God's Little Acre, May 16: Dummet's Grave, May 17: No Name, May 18: St. Monica, May 19: St. Joseph's, May 20: Old St. Joseph's (Duval), May 21: Sampson, May 22: Fernandez Reserve, May 23: St. Ambrose, May 24: Sons of Israel, May 25: Sanksville, May 26: Huguenot, May 27: Nombre de Dios, May 28: Beresford, May 29: Jones, May 30: San Sebastian/Pinehurst, May 31: Oaklynn
Discover one of Florida's ghost town cemeteries at Fort Drum in Okeechobee County.
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The cemetery covers 8 acres with 381 internments, ranging in dates from 1876 to current day.
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| Henry Parker (Image by LaMartin.com) |
Fort Drum was a Seminole War fort built in the 1840's and abandoned soon after. The first pioneers moved to the area about 1870. Henry Parker was one of those pioneers and opened a store and trading post attached to the side of his log cabin home. The nearby Seminole Indians were some of Parker's regular customers trading alligator, deer and otter hides for guns, ammunition and groceries. Parker, along with many other first pioneers, can be found in the Fort Drum Cemetery.
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WHO: Owned and maintained by Okeechobee County
WHAT: Early pioneer cemetery
WHEN: Dawn til Dusk
WHERE: US 441 and NE 304th Street, Fort Drum, FL map
WHY:
- Many of Fort Drums first settlers were buried and remain here
- Interesting Florida ghost town cemetery
- Contains graves with dates ranging from 1876 to current day
For more information, look at: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=329774,
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/fl/fortdrum.html
Text by: Robbie Boggs
2014 #CaDiM posts
Intro, May 1: Hilliard Community, May 2: Kingsley slave era cemetery, May 3: San Lorenzo , May 4: St. Mary's, May 5: Hibernia Cemetery, May 6: Oaklynn Update, May 7: Norwalk, May 8: Houston Pioneer, May 9: Greenwood, May 10: Geneva ,May 11: Rose Hill, May 12:Garden of Heavenly Rest, May 13: Port Mayaca, May 14: Key West, May 15: Felsmere Brookside May 16: Albritton May 17: May 18: Flagler Family May 19: Masonic May 20: Gethsemane; May 21: Magnolia Springs. May 22: African Refugee
2013 #CaDiM posts
Intro, May 1: National, May 2: Oakdale, May 3: Murphy's Creek, May 4: Mt. Olive, May 5: Bosque Bello, May 6: Old City, May 7: Espanola, May 8: Tolomato, May 9: Pacetti, May 10: West View, May 11: Magnolia Springs, May 12: St. Peter's, May 13: Gravely Hill, May 14: Pilgrim's Rest, May 15: God's Little Acre, May 16: Dummet's Grave, May 17: No Name, May 18: St. Monica, May 19: St. Joseph's, May 20: Old St. Joseph's (Duval), May 21: Sampson, May 22: Fernandez Reserve, May 23: St. Ambrose, May 24: Sons of Israel, May 25: Sanksville, May 26: Huguenot, May 27: Nombre de Dios, May 28: Beresford, May 29: Jones, May 30: San Sebastian/Pinehurst, May 31: Oaklynn