Arch Creek Military Trail

Arch Creek Military Trail is a Florida historical marker in Miami, Miami-Dade County, dedicated 2002.

Old Dixie Hwy from 13980 Biscayne Blvd. to Arch Creek Park, Miami

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The Arch Creek State Archaeological Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It contains a portion of the Military Trail, a wagon road, built during the Third Seminole War (1855-1859) by the U.S. Army. In 1856 Captains Abner Doubleday (1819-1893) and John Brannan and their troops constructed part of the Military Trail between Fort Dallas on the Miami River and Fort Lauderdale. It later became a portion of the first county road in 1892, passing over the Natural Bridge and Arch Creek. In 1915 it was renamed Dixie Highway. The road was designated a local historic site on January 18, 1995.

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1823 · Unknown (Maps Collection)
1859 · Colton's Florida (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1860 · Johnson's Florida (1860) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1947 · North Miami, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Colton's Florida (1859), 1859, covering the location of Arch Creek Military Trail, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Florida (1859), 1859, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

Arch Creek Military Trail

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