- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Fort Moultrie and Grave of Osceola, The Indian Chief, Charleston, SC
- Creator:
- E. C. Kropp (Milwaukee, Wis.)
- Publisher:
- Charleston, SC. :Martschink Sales Company
- Date of Original:
- 1930/1945
- Subject:
- Historic Sites--South Carolina--Sullivan's Island
Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838
Seminole Indians
Postcards--South Carolina--Charleston - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, linen textured, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled: "Fort Moultrie and Grave of Osceola, The Indian Chief, Charleston, SC." The image is of Fort Moultrie and the grave of Osceola, a Seminole Indian Chief, in Charleston, S.C. Osceola (1804-1838) was born Billy Powell. He was an influential leader during the Second Seminole War. He was captured and imprisoned in Ft. Moultrie in 1936 where he died the following year. Fort Moultrie became Historic National Park in 1948. Text on reverse: “Fort Moultrie successfully defended the harbor against the British fleet under Sir Peter Parker. It is now a modern Coast Guard Defense and Army Post." Card number 1776N.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-021
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-021#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-021/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
