Okeechobee is a small town on the shore of a big lake. In fact the name Okeechobee comes from two Seminole words "Oki" meaning big and "Chubi" meaning water. Though it's a quiet place now the area was at the epicenter of the Second Seminole War where the Native Seminoles and their allies fought to remain on their ancestral lands. Currently the site of the battlefield is a State Park and a reenactment is held annually to raise funds for the park.