Welcome to the Everglades!

The Everglades story starts in the 1800s. American Indians and African slaves hid there, even though the environment was wild and sometimes dangerous. And, members from the Seminole Indian tribe hid here from U.S. soldiers, who were walking the "Trail of Tears". But even so, in 1830, a lot of American-Indians were forced to leave the Everglades. This was because the Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, affecting the American Indians in t...