The Muscogee Nation of Florida has a long history in the Walton County area. In the early 1800s, the excommunicated Indians headed south from Alabama down the Choctawhatchee River and settled on banks of the river in an area now known as Bruce.
Headquartered in the original schoolhouse built in the late 1800s, the building now houses its historic documentation, and serves as the tribal office.
A gift shop sells an assortment of handmade crafts, jewelry, carved gourds, pottery and woven baskets crafted from local long-leaf pine needles.