Backstory: Traveling the Seminoles’ Water Highway - Gulfshore Business

Backstory: Traveling the Seminoles’ Water Highway - Gulfshore Business

Long before roads and rails crisscrossed the Everglades, the Seminole Tribe had their own method of transportation: The Water Highway. Forced deep into the Everglades after war with the U.S. government in the 1800s, the Seminole Tribe learned to live in the swampy environs. Tribal members used a network of trails to navigate the swamp. Water levels rise and fall depending on the time of the year, so when the paths were submerged, the tribesfolk …