Editing Trenton, Florida (section)

===Prehistory===
The first [[Paleo-Indians]] reached the north-central Florida area near the end of the [[Last glacial period|last ice age]], as they followed big game south.<ref name="Ancient Native:The Ancient One">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ancientnative.org/tao.php 
 |title=Ancient Native 
 |access-date=2010-09-09 
 |publisher=HOTOA 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017085248/http://www.ancientnative.org/tao.php 
 |archive-date=2010-10-17 
}}</ref><ref name="Polk County History">{{cite web|url=http://www.polkcountyhistory.org/History.asp |title=Polk County History |access-date=2010-09-11 |publisher=Polk County Historical Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727182027/http://www.polkcountyhistory.org/History.asp |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}</ref> As the ice melted and sea levels rose, these Native Americans ended up staying and thrived on the peninsula for thousands of years. By the time the first Spanish [[conquistador]]s arrived, there were over 250,000 Native Americans living on the peninsula. The [[Timucua]] were a historic tribe across the north central area of Florida, where Trenton later developed.

Within 150 years, the majority of the [[pre-Columbian]] Native American peoples of Florida died of new infectious diseases or warfare, with their societies disrupted. Some were [[slavery|enslaved]] by the [[Spaniards]], and died because of harsh treatment.<ref name="Ancient Native:The Ancient One"/><ref name="The Ancient Ones">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ancientnative.org/index.php 
 |title=The Ancient Ones 
 |access-date=2010-09-09 
 |publisher=HOTOA 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017085328/http://www.ancientnative.org/index.php 
 |archive-date=2010-10-17 
}}</ref><ref name="Trail of Florida's Indian Heritage">{{cite web |author=Weibel, B. |url=http://attractions.uptake.com/blog/florida-native-american-museums-7383.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123121408/http://attractions.uptake.com/blog/florida-native-american-museums-7383.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-11-23 |title=Trail of Florida's Ancient Heritage |access-date=2010-09-09 |publisher=active.com }}</ref> Little is left of these first Native American cultures in Trenton except for scant archaeological records, including a few personal artifacts. By the early 19th century, the remnants of these tribes merged with the [[Muscogee]] (also known as Creek) who migrated from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Alabama]]. They created a new culture through [[ethnogenesis]] and became known as the [[Seminole|Seminole people]].<ref name="Polk County History"/><ref name="Trail of Florida's Indian Heritage"/> Most of the Seminole were removed from north-central Florida by the United States after wars from the 1830s to 1842, while some resisted by moving south into the [[Everglades]] and survived.