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  Seminole
The fourth Seminole was built in 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1703), by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C.; launched on 28 December 1944; sponsored by Miss Pamela Cole; commissioned on 8 March 1945 at the Charleston (S.C.) Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr.
Seminole transited the Panama Canal on 14 to 15 April and arrived at Pearl Harbor on the 30th.
Seminole participated in Operation “Beaver Cage,” an amphibious and helicopter borne assault in support of the 1st Marine Division from 28 April to 13 May. Planning commenced immediately for operation "Beau Charger," an amphibious and helicopter assault for a search and destroy operation near the DMZ.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s9/seminole-iv.htm   (2170 words)

  
 Seminole Nation, Indian Territory History & Genealogy
The Seminole are classified among the Muskogean peoples, a group of remnant tribes having joined in forming this division in Florida during the border wars between the Spanish and the English colonists on the Florida-Carolina frontier in the 18th century.
In 1817, with the accusation that the Seminole were harboring runaway slaves, Andrew Jackson commanded nearly 3,000 troops to attack and burn the town of Mikasuki, starting the first Seminole War.
By 1849 the Seminole settlements were located in the valley of the Deep Fork south to the Canadian in what is now the western part of Okfuskee and Hughes counties, and neighboring parts of Seminole County.
www.seminolenation-indianterritory.org   (831 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Seminole Wars
The three Seminole Wars that commanded the attention and manpower of the U.S. Army and Navy during the antebellum period intensified the violence and chaos that had been characteristic of the Georgia-Florida frontier since the early colonial period.
The engagements that took place between American troops and the Seminoles in Georgia, particularly during the First (1817-18) and Second (1835-42) Seminole Wars, were pivotal moments that crystallized some of the major issues underlying the battles.
The antebellum period Seminoles were a confederacy of multiple clans that had splintered from various southwestern tribes (Lower Creek, Oconee, Yuchi, Alabama, Choctaw, and Shawnee) and drifted into southern Georgia and northern Florida in the early 1700s.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-842   (1109 words)

  
 Seminole
Seminole, Native American tribe of the Muskogean language family and of the Southeast culture area.
The Seminole tribe developed in the 18th century from members of the Creek Confederacy, mostly Creeks and Hitchiti, who raided and eventually settled in Florida, which was then Spanish territory.
Seminole resistance was fierce, and the Seminole wars were among the most costly of the U.S. Indian wars.
www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/nativeamericans/seminole.htm   (348 words)

  
 Seminole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Seminole Indians are a North American Indian Tribe that speak the Muskogee language.
The clothing of the Seminoles was decorated with bright colored pieces of cloth as an imitation of the clothing worn by the Spanish.
Seminole environmental projects are now designed to protect and preserve the land and water systems.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/seminole.html   (324 words)

  
 SEMINOLE INDIANS
Seminole did not indicate a blood lineage as did Mikasuki, Yuchi, Oconee, Yamassee, etc. There were also two different dialects of a common language stock, Muskogee and Hitchiti.
The first official written use of the word “Seminole” that I find was by British Superintendent of Indian Affairs of the Southern District, John Stuart, in 1771.
The First Seminole War (1817-1818) was precipitated when a Seminole chief named Neamathla warned U.S. troops not to trespass on their hunting grounds.
www.keyshistory.org /seminolespage1.html   (1572 words)

  
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The prosperity of the Seminoles disturbed former slaveholders in the U.S. In 1812, Seminoles learned that a group of Georgians who called themselves "Patriots" were plotting to attack Seminole settlements.
Though they got the Seminoles to agree to move onto a reservation in the state's center, their greed was insatiable.
The land allotted to the Seminoles was dominated by the Creek Nation, whose members resented the Seminoles' previous abandonment.
www.abfla.com /1tocf/seminole/semhistory.html   (1877 words)

  
 Facts - Office of Cultural & Historical Programs
The Seminoles of Florida call themselves the "Unconquered People," descendants of just 300 Indians who managed to elude capture by the U.S. army in the 19th century.
Seminole history begins with bands of Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama who migrated to Florida in the 1700s.
After defeating the U.S. in early battles of the Second Seminole War, Seminole leader Osceola was captured by the United States in Oct. 20, 1837, when U.S. troops said they wanted a truce to talk peace.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us /facts/history/seminole   (690 words)

  
 Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. - News Releases
Seminole Electric is a generation and transmission cooperative providing bulk supplies of electricity to 10 member distribution cooperatives located throughout peninsular Florida.
Seminole’s scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors with a GPA of 3.0 or higher who plan to pursue a degree in business, accounting, engineering, computer or environmental science, or similar area.
Seminole is seeking delivery of base load capacity and energy as early as the summer of 2009 but no later than December 2012.
www.seminole-electric.com /public/2004_NR.htm   (3593 words)

  
 SEMINOLE
Seminole Indians always claimed Blacks as slaves, or family members, consequently slave catchers would capture any Black and claim he was a runaway.
All of the Seminole leaders in Florida were present, some having traveled for days and hundreds of miles with their families and escorts for this all important meeting.
The treaty required that the Seminoles sell all properties to the U.S. and remove to the west as all of the south and southeastern tribes had previously done, and that Blacks be returned to their "rightful" owners.
www.emayzine.com /lectures/seminoles.htm   (2008 words)

  
 GladeSoft, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Seminole is an embeddable webserver toolkit designed to be non-invasive and easily retrofitted to existing applications, lightweight with low resource consumption, and highly reliable with proper standards compliance and security safeguards.
Written using a subset of C++, Seminole provides a modular, high-level API which simultaneously insulates the client programmer from complicated protocol details while allowing total control over low-level operation when necessary.
If you are anxious to start playing with Seminole you can buy it online for a price of $499US (without application framework) or $1999US (with application framework).
gladesoft.com /products/seminole   (239 words)

  
 www.seminolesentinel.com
The Sentinel is a twice-a-week publication dedicated to serving the residents of Seminole, Gaines County, and points beyond.
Seminole Indian playoff t-shirts are now available for order through Monday at the Seminole Athletic Director's Office, located at the Seminole High School Auxiliary Gymnasium.
Due to the complaints of excessive speed in the neighborhood by local residents Seminole Police Chief M.D. Browne submitted a report to the council on traffic in the area.
www.seminolesentinel.com   (452 words)

  
 ::Seminole Tube::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Seminole's roots date back to 1877 when John Maneely Company (JMC) was formed.
Seminole serves its markets from four convenient locations: corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Cambridge, OH; manufacturing and sales in Houston, TX and Chicago, IL.
Seminole is a division of John Maneely Company and sister to Wheatland Tube Company, the nation's leading manufacturer of welded steel pipe and electrical conduit.
www.seminole.com /aboutus.html   (192 words)

  
 Seminole County, OK
As a result of a treaty with the Creeks in 1856, the Seminoles received an estimated 2,169,080 acres of land in the Indian Territory where they could establish their own government and laws.
Although oil exploration began near Wewoka as early as 1902, it was not until 1923 and the discovery of the Greater Seminole Oil Field that the county experienced an economic boom.
Seminole Junior College continues the tradition first exemplified by the founding of the Mekasukey Academy for Seminole boys in 1891 and the Emahaka Boarding School for Seminole girls in 1893.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ok/county/seminole1   (238 words)

  
 Seminole Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Seminole is a community of about 6,700 located in the northern part of the oil-rich Permian Basin and the southern edge of the Agricultural South Plains.
In addition to a strong ag and oil economy - Gaines County enjoys a low crime rate, low unemployment rate, favorable climate and easy access to the mountains of New Mexico, the sandhills of West Texas and rugged wilderness of the Big Bend area.
Indeed, Seminole is a "quality" community in which to work, play and raise a family.
www.ci.seminole.tx.us   (112 words)

  
 Seminole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Seminole were a heterogeneous tribe made up of mostly Lower Creeks from Georgia, Mikasuki-speaking Muskogees, and escaped African American slaves, and to a lesser extent white Americans and Indians from other tribes.
The unified Seminole spoke two languages, Creek and Mikasuki (a modern dialect similar to Hitchiti), two different members of the Muskogean Native American languages family, a language group that also includes Choctaw and Chickasaw.
Seminole leader Osceola led the vastly outnumbered resistance during the Second Seminole War.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seminole   (1536 words)

  
 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
In that year's general election, Georgia voters ratified the proposed amendment on Nov. 2, 1920, which marks the official date of the county's creation (although a state historical marker on the courthouse grounds incorrectly cites the county's creation as the day the legislative act proposing the constitutional amendment was approved).
According to the 1920 constitutional amendment, Seminole County was to be "laid out from the Counties of Decatur and Early." However, specific language in the constitutional amendment actually provided that the southern borders of Miller and Early counties constituted Seminole County's northern border.
Thus, Seminole County was created entirely from Decatur County (see map).
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/histcountymaps/seminolehistmaps.htm   (301 words)

  
 Seminole County, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seminole County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida.
Seminole County was created on April 25, 1913 out of part of Orange County by the Florida Legislature.
Seminole County's location between Volusia County and Orange County has made it one of the fastest growing counties in Florida.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seminole_County,_Florida   (928 words)

  
 Tampa Bay Newspapers : Seminole Beacon  
SEMINOLE — The city of Seminole and the Seminole Recreation Division will have its Annual Mayor’s Tree Lighting & Holiday Concert on Friday, Dec. 1, 7 to 9 p.m., at Seminole City Park.
Seminole, Rotarian Bob Castles, Tiffany McMullen was called an inspiration to all with whom she comes in contact in naming her the latest Paul Harris Fellow in the Rotary Club of Seminole.
Rose, remembered in the Seminole area as teacher and principal at Seminole High School during its early years, also was superintendent of the Pinellas County School System.
www.tbnweekly.com /pubs/seminole_beacon   (543 words)

  
 Seminole Wars Historic Foundation-Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
he purpose of the Seminole Wars Historic Foundation, Inc. is to preserve significant sites involved in the Seminole Wars, to establish educational programs about their importance in our heritage, and to publish pertinent material relating to the wars.
It is important that the remaining artifacts and history of this conflict be found and preserved in order that we may come to understand the struggle between the young United States trying to expand, and the Seminole Indians who were determined to preserve their nation and their Florida homelands.
By studying the underlying causes of the Seminole Wars I have gained a greater understanding of the forces that drive American history.
www.uflib.ufl.edu /spec/pkyonge/swhf/index.html   (769 words)

  
 Seminole Public Schools
The Seminole Public School District, located in Seminole, OK, is approximately 65 miles southeast of Oklahoma City.
Seminole Public Schools employs 117 certified staff members and 69 support staff members.
Seminole Public Schools is fortunate to have a fine school board and staff that are dedicated to providing the best possible education for our students.
www.sps.k12.ok.us   (200 words)

  
 The Seminole Wars
The Seminole were given four million acres of land in the area south of present-day Ocala.
The Seminole did not want to leave their Florida home, but agreed to send some chiefs to look at the new land where they would be relocated.
The few Seminole that remained, after most were sent to the reservations in the west, periodically fought the Americans again from 1855 to 1858.
fcit.coedu.usf.edu /florida/lessons/sem_war/sem_war1.htm   (839 words)

  
 INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. Vol. 2, Treaties
The Seminole Nation covenant that henceforth in said nation slavery shall not exist, nor involuntary servitude, except for and in punishment of crime, whereof the offending party shall first have been duly convicted in accordance with law, applicable to all the members of said nation.
The Seminole Nation agrees to such legislation as Congress and the President may deem necessary for the better administration of the rights of person and property within the Indian Territory: Provided, however, [That] said legislation shall not in any manner interfere with or annul their present tribal organization, rights, laws, privileges, and customs.
And the Seminoles hereby ratify and confirm all such diversions of annuities heretofore made from the funds of the Seminole Nation by the United States.
digital.library.okstate.edu /kappler/Vol2/treaties/sem0910.htm   (1094 words)

  
 Seminole County Clerk of Court - Official Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Seminole County Clerk of Courts is pleased to offer Internet access to the index of the Seminole County Official Records.
Only the Official Records Index of Seminole County provided in the Seminole County Courthouse shall be referenced as the Official Records Index.
By using this service, in any form, the user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Seminole County Clerk of Court and anyone involved in storing, retrieving, or displaying this information for any damage of any type that may be caused by retrieving this information over the Internet.
officialrecords.seminoleclerk.org   (398 words)

  
 Seminole UniServ Home Page
Seminole is an "A" district and has been since district grades have been issued by the state.
SEA has requested that one of the required DOE workshops be held here in Seminole County, thus allowing Seminole teachers greater input in the process.
In the spirit of cooperation, SEA and the School Board of Seminole County have worked out the early release schedule for the last three days of school prior to the winter break, and the last three days of school at the end of the second semester.
www.seminole-educators.org   (1316 words)

  
 Home
We are a diverse group as well, made up of businesses of all sizes, cultures, and shapes, along with a number of individual members.
All of us share a common goal: To promote Seminole, Texas and keep its economy operating at the highest possible level.
Our Chamber office, pictured below, is located on the courthouse square in Seminole, at 119 SE Avenue B. We respond to thousands of requests annually, both by phone and in person, which range in scope from information on the city or particular businesses to relocation and visitor packages.
www.seminoletxchamber.org   (180 words)

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