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.
Osceola, who led the Seminole in the Second Seminole War, is remembered as one of the greatest Native-American generals in U.S. history. He remains a symbol of Indian dignity and resistance. The Seminole (Creek) who aligned themselves with the Americans were called White Sticks.ez_ldquo~Osceola~ez_rdquo~ was the white man's distortion of his adult Indian name, Asiyahola, which meant Black Drink Crier, alluding to a caffeinated drink used in ceremonial purification of the body and spirit. Early days. Little Owl was born in 1803, near the border of Alabama and Georgia.