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Kennedy-Darling Trading Post

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Observation deck of the trading post
27.618563°N 81.811811°W

The trading post is in the background across the creek

The trading post was run by Capt. George Payne and Dempsey Whidden who were killed by Seminole Indian in 1849 near here.  All that is left of the post is the wood.  

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Paynes Creek Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located on Lake Branch Road one-half mile southeast of Bowling Green, Florida. On November 21, 1978, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, under the title of Payne's Creek Massacre-Fort Chokonikla Site (also known as "site of Chokonikla blockhouse and bridge" or "Military cemetery").

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