Lost U.S. Army Post In Native American War Found Near Miami

A long-lost war camp used in a U.S. battle to gain Florida was found by researchers last week near Miami.

National Park Service researchers discovered Fort Harrell, an 1830s U.S. Army encampment in Everglades National Park over 70 miles west of Miami, Monday, June 30.

The area was lost over a century and half ago to time in dense swamp only accessible by boat.

For more on the discovery, head over to the Miami New Times.

Fort Harrell was used in the U.S. Army battle against the Seminole Native American tribe in the acquisition of Florida during the second Seminole War, one of the most expensive Native American wars in American history.

"I'd like to see a monument placed there for the people who served in that godforsaken location 170 years ago," said Shawn Beightol, a Miami high school teacher and member of the expedition, to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

"Their story needs to be told."

Another camp during the war, Fort Dallas, developed concurrently along the mouth of the Miami River. It would later be incorporated as the City of Miami in 1896 as the first modern permanent settlement south of Palm Beach.