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Fort Dade was located one mile east of this point on the south bank of the Withlacoochee River at the crossing of the Fort King Road. Built in 1837 and named for Major Francis Langhorne Dade, it served for many years as a depot and observation post in the heart of the Seminole Indian settlement. Here, on March 6, 1837, the Seminole leaders Jumper and Alligator met General Thomas S. Jesup to sign the "Ft. Dade Capitulation."
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