Join us on an historic journey down the New River as we follow the path where the Tequestas, Seminoles, settlers and even pirates and privateers took shelter! We'll cruise quietly past the site of the Cooley Settlement, where a deadly Settler/Seminole skirmish resulted in a Seminole Indian War. We'll locate the sites of each of the three US Army forts. And we'll learn of the Seminoles struggle as they sought to adjust and adapt to an area that grew rapidly from wilderness to metropolis.

This trip will be guided by Everett Osecola of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Everett was brought up to respect his traditional Seminole ways by his mother and his mother's family - mostly instilled by his Grandfather Frank Shore. Everett shares some of the same traditional values and history that were bestowed to him. Everett is currently featured on NatGeo Wild's television series Swamp Men.

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Stranahan House, built in 1901 by Frank Stranahan, credited as Fort Lauderdale’s founding father, and his wife Ivy Cromartie Stranahan, the area’s first school teacher, is the oldest surviving structure in Broward County. The site has served as a trading post, post office, town hall, and home to the Stranahans. The house is a wood-frame vernacular structure with wide porches, Virginia English gardens, and a stunning view of the New River. The Stranahan House has stood at the center of Fort Lauderdale’s growth since it was built and has played a significant role in the economic and social life of this community.

A guided tour of Fort Lauderdale's Historic Stranahan House Museum is like a journey through time. It is a link to a time when Seminole Indians made friends with a young Ohioan who settled in the frontier town now known as Fort Lauderdale.