What is the history of Fort Drum, Florida?
After the end of the Seminole Wars#Second Seminole WarSecond Seminole War in 1842, a network of forts was built across the central part of the state, with military roads that connected them. Of those roads, one was roughly east-west from Fort Bassinger to Fort Vinton, north of present-day Vero Beach, FloridaVero Beach. The other ran approximately north-south from Fort Kissimmee to Fort Jupiter, and came to be known as the ‘old wire road’. Where the two roads crossed, a fort was built, and named Fort Drum. It was active for only a short time before being abandoned. Settlers began to make their way here some time after the American Civil WarCivil War, in the 1870s. The area was considered to be potentially excellent cattle country. The area slowly grew and in 1914, the Florida East Coast Railroad completed the Florida East Coast Railroad#Kissimmee Valley Line and cutoff (K-Branch)Kissimmee Valley Extension of the railroad. They built a small depot in Fort Drum, as well as one to the nort
