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While being deported by steamer to Indian Territory during the Third Seminole War in 1858, Polly Parker led five other women in a daring escape that returned them to their homeland near Lake Okeechobee. AI -GENERATED IMAGE

Unconquered: Polly Parker’s daring escape

History almost lost her. Florida didn’t. In 1858, as the final Seminoles were being forced out at the end of the Third Seminole War, a young woman named Emateloye — later known as Polly Parker — stepped off a military steamer under the pretense of gathering medicine and disappeared into the woods. She didn’t flee alone. With five other women, she led a grueling 350-mile journey on foot, navigating wilderness and danger to return to the swamps around Lake Okeechobee. It was an act of defiance, one that helped ensure the Seminole would survive in Florida.

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Read more about the article Hear the history of Florida in less than an hour

Hear the history of Florida in less than an hour

Are you new to the area and want a primer on the history of Florida? Or maybe you’re an old-timer who wants to put some of the pieces of Florida’s history together. Everyone may find answers to their questions about Florida History when Dr. Ben Brotemarkle, executive director of the Florida Historical Society, delivers the keynote address, “The Complete History of Florida in Less than an Hour,’’ at the Eighth Annual Treasure Coast History Festival this Saturday. The free festival, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., is at the grounds of the St. Lucie History Center, 414 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, and Brotemarkle’s talk is at 12:45 p.m.

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Tucked into the southwest corner of Martin County at 18681 Southwest Conners Highway, Cypress Lodge has played a role in Florida history since 1936. DANIEL DYER

Inn Love

Some people see an old building in disrepair and complain about the eyesore. And then there are people like Jim and Deborah Ann Stroscheim — who fall in love. The couple met in 2008 and married six months later. “It was love at first sight,” Deborah said. Two years ago, while celebrating their 15th anniversary, they closed on a house they had fallen in love with just as quickly: Cypress Lodge.

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