Orlando Reeves in whose honor our city Orlando was named killed in this vicinity by Indians September 1835 “How sleep the brave who sink to rest by all their country's wishes blest" WM. Collins Erected by the students of Cherokee Junior High School 1939 Restored in 1992 by the 1942 Orlando High School Graduates at their 50th class reunion

The legend is untrue, existing in several conflicting versions. Historians agree that likely no soldier was named Orlando Reeves