Okaloacoochee Slough

The Okaloacoochee Slough is a region of wetlands that is located approximately 30 miles east of Fort Myers, just to the north of the Big Cypress. The surrounding forest was heavily logged in the early 1900s to make railroad crossties. Today, the slough and forest are protected as the Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest. The Expedition party crossed the Okaloacoochee Slough using an old government causeway that had been "... constructed about 1835." This is probably a reference to a causeway constructed in 1855 by the U.S. Army.

Credits:

• Photo, Large Sabal palmetto hammock, Okaloacoochee Slough, by John Kunkel Small, 1917, State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory

Sources:

• "Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest," Florida Forest Service, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

References in the Texts:

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• March 17, Thursday
• March 18, Friday

For other topics referenced in the Expedition texts, please refer to the Index to Subjects and Names.
1892 Everglades Exploration Expedition : Three Digital Texts, 2015