Nerd Nite's upcoming Nerdscursion tour, led by Cathy Salustri, explores Egmont Key's history as a Seminole War-era concentration camp. ST. PETERSBURG, FL — While Egmont Key has a reputation as a scenic wildlife refuge that’s home to nesting sea turtles, gopher tortoises, thousands of birds, and other animals, and historic ruins, many locals and visitors are probably unaware of its “pretty dark history,” Cathy Salustri, writer, historian, and publisher of The Gabber newspaper, told Patch. The 250-acre island, located at the mouth of Tampa Bay, once served as a concentration camp for captive Seminoles during the Third Seminole War in...
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