Fort Ogden, Florida
Ziba King, Florida Cattle Baron
Fort Ogden is an unincorporated community in DeSoto County about 10 miles southwest of Arcadia. It is located on the eastern side of the Peace River on US-17.
An early settler in the area was Ziba King. King was a Confederate veteran who moved to Florida after the Civil War. He left the devastation of war torn Georgia with five dollars in his pocket and walked to Florida.