Florida Native American Heritage Trail - (Page 23) New Smyrna Museum of History New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County 386.478.0052 www.nsbhistory.org/ Turtle Mound Trail, Canaveral National Seashore Oak Hill, Volusia County 407.267.1100 www.nps.gov/cana/planyourvisit/ outdooractivities.htm Native American exhibits contain artifacts and displays on pre-European cultures of southeast Volusia County. Seminoles are highlighted as part of New Smyrna’s rich history. New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins County Historic Site New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County 386.736.5953 is Volusia County Park preserves the remains of one of the sugar mills that thrived in the area in the 1800s. Seminoles raided and burned the sugar mill in 1835. At almost 45 feet in height, Turtle Mound is one of the tallest shell middens in Florida. It is an impressive site situated on a narrow strip of land between the old Intercoastal Waterway channel and Apollo Beach. Turtle Mound can be reached by hiking trails which lead to the top of the ancient shell midden and provide excellent views of the Atlantic Ocean. St. Johns Plain boat-shaped bowl (ca. 500 – 3,000 years ago) from north Florida. (Image courtesy of Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville) Ormond Burial Mound Ormond Beach, Volusia County www.volusiahistory.com/Ormond.htm Battle of Okeechobee Historic Marker Seminole Rest, Canaveral National Seashore Okeechobee, Okeechobee County 863.467.0105 www.okeechobee-tdc.com/Outdoors.htm Dating to 1,200 years ago, Ormond Burial Mound is one of the most intact burial mounds in eastern Florida. anks to community efforts, the Ormond Mound has been preserved as a city park. Oak Hill, Volusia County 386.428.3384 www.nps.gov/cana/upload/seminole_rest_ significance.pdf Seminole Rest consists of several prehistoric shell mounds dating from 4,000 years ago to 1565. Snyder’s Mound, the largest mound at this site, is unique because few mounds this large remain intact today. ere is a self-guided hiking trail through the site to view the mounds. A historic plaque marks the location of the Okeechobee Battlefield, a site designated as a National Historic Landmark. In late December 1837, Colonel Zachary Taylor met Seminoles who were led by chiefs Coacoochee (Wild Cat), Halpatter (Alligator) and Abiaka (Sam Jones) in the largest battle of the Second Seminole War. Roughly 1,000 U.S. soldiers and 400 Seminoles fought in the battle. A total of 26 U.S. soldiers and 14 Seminole were killed. Tomoka State Park, Nocoroco Ormond Beach, Volusia County 386.676.4050 www.floridastateparks.org/tomoka/default.cfm Within the park is the Nocoroco Site, a Timucuan village reported by Spanish explorers in the early 1600s. e site is represented by a black earth and oyster shell midden. Artifacts recovered from the once-extensive midden indicate that the site was used from 2,500 years ago. e park museum contains exhibits on Florida history, including Native American artifacts from the area. greater personal, social, and religious importance than those containing human burials. For all people, and especially for Native Americans, burial sites command special respect, reverence, and treatment. Florida’s cemetery law protects unmarked human burials, those graves and burial sites and their contents that occur outside our traditional cemeteries—regardless of origins or burial technique. Brenda Swann Windover Pond, Brevard County Wetland areas can contain significant archaeological resources because their environment tends to preserve archaeological remains such as wood and bone, which are rarely or only poorly preserved in other archaeological sites. The Windover Pond Site, situated between the Indian and St. Johns Rivers, near modern day Titusville, contains one of the most important archaeological finds in the country and is a National Historic Landmark. Over 120 individual burials were found within the peat deposits of the pond some 10 feet below the pond surface. These burials occurred nearly 8,000 years ago, long before the Egyptian mummies were entombed. Despite their age, the peat preserved the remains so well that even brain material was present. In the continental U.S., such finds are unique to Florida. Of the many types and ages of archaeological sites, none carry u 23 http://www.nps.gov/cana/planyourvisit/outdooractivities.htm http://www.nsbhistory.org/ http://www.volusiahistory.com/Ormond.htm http://www.okeechobee-tdc.com/Outdoors.htm http://www.floridastateparks.org/tomoka/default.cfm http://www.nps.gov/cana/upload/seminole_rest_significance.pdf
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