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On December
25, 1837, a force of 2,000 U.S. Army Soldiers and Alabama Volunteers
arrived near this spot to construct a fort which was aptly named,
Fort Christmas. This fort was one of 200 forts built during the
Second Seminole Indian War, 1835 - 1842. The fort houses exhibits
and a video presentation on the Seminole Indian Wars.
You will also
see 7 restored historical homes preserve the 'Cracker' architecture
of East Orange County. The houses are interpreted to show pioneer
life from the 1870s through the 1930s. Key themes are homesteading,
cattle, citrus, hunting, fishing and trapping.
Fort Christmas
is located in Christmas, Florida just off State Road 50, twenty
miles east of Orlando
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