The First and Second Seminole Wars
From 1818 to the early 1820s the island was used as a trading post, and was important during the First Seminole War. It remained as such until Florida was made a U.S. Territory in 1821. in 1835 the U.S. Army built a hospital and stockade on the island. During the Second Seminole War (1835 to 1842) the island served as a military outpost. It was here on August 14, 1842 that Col. William J. Worth declared the Second Seminole War to be over.
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