So, what did Central Florida's pioneers think about personal liberty?
Thankfully, this area's frontier culture was not dependent on the institution of slavery. Some efforts were made to establish plantations in western Orange County, but they failed. For the most part, the terrain was more amenable to small family farming and ranching.
Many of the earliest American arrivals to this remote frontier enjoyed its remoteness. According to Pine Castle's founder Will Wallace Harney, they knew it was time to move as soon as they could hear their neighbor's dog barking.
Unfortunately, this freedom of movement was not a liberty they thought should be extended to the Seminole Indians who preceded them to this area. This lack of compassion led to decades of bloody warfare.
To learn more about our local history, or to volunteer to help preserve it, please visit www.pinecastlepioneerdays.org
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