Southeast Road from Fort Myers

When the Expedition party left Fort Myers, they took the southeast road. This road was used by the ranchers, farmers and others who had settled farther inland. During the Seminole Wars, the U.S. Army used this road to connect Fort Myers with the series of forts and camps it created in the region. The road intersected with other roads and trails connecting Fort Simon Drum, Fort Shackleford and other forts south and east of Fort Myers.

Sources:

• "Memories of a Pioneer Girl," by Morning Elizabeth McDaniel, Tampa Bay History, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1983
• "Federal And State Relations with the Florida Seminoles 1875-1901," by James W. Covington, Tequesta, 1972
• "History of Post-war Seminole Settlement in the Big Cypress," by Patsy West, Florida Anthropologist, Vol. 43 No. 4, 1990

References in the Texts:

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• March 16, Wednesday

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