Is THIS the sign a Miccosukee Casino will open in Walton County? Christopher Saul February 5, 2026 12:37 pm Walton County The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida finished a purchase for more than 20 acres of land in Walton County on January 5, Walton County Property Appraiser’s records show. The Tribe, which made it’s mark on Florida history by holding out against the might of the US Army more than 150 years ago in the last of the Seminole Wars, now makes money through the construction and management of casinos and resorts in South Florida, to the west of Miami International Airport. Donna Johns reacts In 2025, Commissioner Donna Johns of the Walton County Commission floated the idea of visiting the Miccosukee as a type of exchange program. Commissioner Tony Anderson noted in a September meeting of the Board of Commissioners that rumors swirled around the county of the tribe attempting to purchase land for a casino in Walton County. I spoke to Donna Johns in a short conversation over the phone. She told me that she had not read this story, but did not appreciate what she considered an insinuation from the thumbnail of this article. She also mentioned that the first she’d heard of the transaction was when I called her office. She also mentioned that my call to the commissioners office was the first she’d heard of the purchase. Johns claimed she had spoken to representatives one time only, when they asked for a meeting with her. “I...
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