The Town of Gainesville was established in 1814 from part of the Town of Warsaw. The original name was Hebe.. The Town of Gainesville is the birthplace of David Starr Jordan, the first president of Stanford University.
Osceola County (/ÉsiËoÊlÉ/ , o-si-OH-lÉ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 268,685. Its county seat is Kissimmee.
1 Osceola-Osceola was a great leader of the Seminole during the Second Seminole War. 2  He wasn't a chief, but was a great speaker and warrior who many people followed. 3  He was captured under a white flag of truce in 1837, but refused to sign a treaty giving up his people's land.4  He died a year later in prison. Osceola became a symbol of freedom that the Seminole people looked to for years to come. 2  Abiaka-Abiaka was a medicine man and spiritual leader of the Seminole Indians during the Second Seminole War. 3  He refused to leave Florida and held out against all odds, never surrendering or accepting compromise.