After the Third Seminole War in 1858, nearly 3,000 Indians were forcibly sent to the Oklahoma Territory, while a small number of Seminoles continued to live in relative isolation in southern Florida into the 1900s. Flood control and drainage projects in the late 1800s opened more land for development and significantly altered the natural environment, leaving former swamps dry and arable enough for limited farming. These government projects and the completion of the Tamiami Trail in 1928 ended old ways of life for most Seminoles and opened new opportunities as white developers and tourists came to the area and Seminoles began to work on local farms, ranches, and tourist shops. In the 1940s, Seminoles began moving to reservations and establishing tribal governments with ties to the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. In 1957, most Seminoles had formal relations with the U.S. government as the Seminole Tribe of Florida, headquartered in Hollywood, and they control six reservations around the Sunshine State. The Miccosukee branch of the Seminoles held to a more traditional lifestyle in the Everglades region while also seeking privacy and serving as a tourist attraction by wrestling alligators, selling crafts, and giving eco-tours of their land. They received federal recognition as a separate nation in 1962 and received their own reservation lands 45 miles west of Miami.