Hontoon Island State Park
The first inhabitants of the island were the Timucuan Indians. Snails gathered from the shallows of the St. Johns River
Read moreThe first inhabitants of the island were the Timucuan Indians. Snails gathered from the shallows of the St. Johns River
Read moreCanaveral National Seashore contains several important Native American sites. Turtle Mound is the highest shell midden in the nation. This two-acre
Read moreRemnants of St. Johns-period habitation can be found throughout the northern end of the Tomoka State Park peninsula, especially along
Read moreFor 1,600 years, beginning around 200 B.C., these 14 acres were an imposing prehistoric ceremonial center for Florida’s Native Americans.
Read moreCedar Key Museum State Park was established in 1962 and dedicated to St. Clair Whitman who operated the first museum
Read moreThe museum houses interpretative exhibits depicting 12,000 years of Native American occupation. Over 6,000 artifacts of stone, bone, clay and
Read moreThe site’s history began in 1528 when Panfilo de Narvaez arrived with 300 men. Having traveled overland from Tampa, Narvaez
Read moreMission San Luis de Apalachee was the western capital of the mission system in La Florida from 1656 to 1704.
Read moreThe Museum of Florida History collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets evidence of past and present cultures in Florida, and promotes
Read moreLake Jackson mounds is one of the most important archaeological sites in Florida. It was probably the political and religious
Read moreThis 80-acre park includes one of the tallest and most architecturally complex pre-Columbian earthen mounds in Florida. Archaeological research indicates
Read moreThe Mission of Nombre de Dios traces its origins to the founding of the City of St. Augustine, America’s oldest City,
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