The name chosen for the chapter was submitted by Mrs. Thomas Clair Maguire and Mrs. George H. Wilder. Echebucsassa (E-che-bucsas-sa) is the original name chosen for the locality which is now Plant City. Echebucsassa, an Indian name meaning "place of many pipes" was, according to the report of the U.S. Engineering Corps in 1845, "an Indian town and camping place for Indians when traveling to and from Tampa." Game was plentiful, both deer  and turkey, and the locality was a natural camp ground, shaded by beautiful live oaks. On November 5, 1849, a post office was established at Ichepuckesassa (Echebucsassa), located a short distance west of the Wilder home northeast of Plant City. Chief Chipco and members of his tribe, who lived on the Kissimmee River, came through here regularly on trading trips to Tampa, and many nights the old chief stopped at the Wilder Home. The settlers found the name Ichepuckesassa too hard to spell and they petitioned the government to change the name to Cork. Although this was done on March 5, 1860, the neighboring creek is still called Ichepuckesassa. With the building of the railroad by Henry Bradley Plant, the post office was moved to the railroad and the name was changed to Plant City on April 1, 1884, in honor of the builder of the railroad.

 On October 15, 1994, the membership of the Calusa Chapter of Pasco County was welcomed into the Echebucsassa Chapter.


 

Membership

For membership in the Echebucsassa Chapter NSDAR, contact Echebucsassa Chapter Regent, Mrs. Deborah Watkins at dwatkins@pseinc.com, or Chapter Registrar Mrs. Margie Repole at mluvtweety@tampabay.rr.com.

 

This site is maintained by Deborah C. Watkins - Chapter VIS Chairman and the Echebucsassa Web Committee. Web hyperlinks to non-DAR sites are not the responsibility of the  NSDAR, the state organizations, or individual DAR chapters.