Indian Key Historic State Park is an

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within the

Florida State Park There are 175 state parks and 9 state trails in the U.S. state of Florida which encompass more than , providing recreational opportunities for both residents and tourists. Almost half of the state parks have an associated local 501(c)(3) non-pr ...

system, located just a few hundred yards southeast of U.S. 1 within the Florida Keys. The island was home to the town of Indian Key, Florida in the middle of the 19th century but is now an uninhabited

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. It is frequently visited by tourists and is the subject of an archaeological project to uncover the historic building foundations. The park was listed on the

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in 1972.

History

* See Indian Key, Florida

References

*Buker, George E. (1975) ''Swamp Sailors: Riverine Warfare in the Everglades 1835-1842''. Gainesville, Florida:The University Presses of Florida. . *Knetsch, Joe. (2003) ''Florida's Seminole Wars 1817-1858''. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. . *Viele, John. (1996) ''The Florida Keys: A History of the Pioneers''. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. . *Viele, John. (2001) ''The Florida Keys: The Wreckers''. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. .

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