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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DMF_first-united-methodist-church-of-okeechobee-florida_Okeechobee-FL.html
First United Methodist Church of Okeechobee, Florida. . In May 1915, Reverend William Troutman and seven founders established the First United Methodist Church (Methodist Episcopal Church South). The first church building was completed in 1916 on …
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Tantie School House #14. The first school in the region north of Lake Okeechobee, known as "The Bend," was a thatched-roof structure built around 1897. Homesteader Peter Raulerson and family did not have enough children old enough to sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TVS_battle-of-okeechobee-historical_Okeechobee-FL.html
In these woods on Christmas Day 1837, was fought the Battle of Okeechobee, in which a large band of Seminole Indians, under Chief Wild Cat, Alligator, and Sam Jones was routed by a brigade led by Colonel Zachary Taylor, consisting of the First, Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TA3_peter-and-louisiana-chandler-raulerson-gravesite-historical_Okeechobee-FL.html
Peter Raulerson was born September 1, 1857, in Bartow, Florida. His family moved to Basinger in 1874 and, in 1877, Peter married Louisiana Chandler. In October 1896, Peter and Louisiana moved southeast to a region three miles north of Lake Okeecho…
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Okeechobee County was formed Aug. 7, 1917, from St. Lucie, Osceola and Palm Beach Counties. Long a haunt of the Seminoles, the area saw almost no white penetration until the 2nd Seminole War, 1835-42. Much fighting occurred in the county during th…
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