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This is the only time of year these plants look pretty. Here's what the Internet says
The fruit of prickly pears, commonly called cactus fruit, cactus fig, Indian[8] fig, nopales[9] or tuna in Spanish,[10] is edible, although it must be peeled carefully to remove the small spines on the outer skin before consumption. If the outer layer is not properly removed, glochids can be ingested, causing discomfort of the throat, lips, and tongue, as the small spines are easily lodged in the skin. Native Americans, like the Tequesta, would roll the fruit around in a suitable medium (e.g. grit) to "sand" off the glochids. Alternatively, rotating the fruit in the flame of a campfire or torch has been used to remove the glochids. Today, parthenocarpic (seedless) cultivars are also available.
In Mexico, prickly pears are often used to make appetizers, soups, and salads through entrees, vegetable dishes, and breads to desserts, beverages, candy, jelly, or drinks. The young stem segments, usually called nopales, are also edible in most species of Opuntia.[9] They are commonly used in Mexican cuisine in dishes such as huevos con nopales (eggs with nopal), or tacos de nopales. Nopales are also an important ingredient in New Mexican cuisine.
Opuntia contains a range of phytochemicals in variable quantities, such as polyphenols, dietary minerals and betalains. Identified compounds under basic research include gallic acid, vanillic acid and catechins, as examples.[14] The Sicilian prickly pear contains betalain, betanin, and indicaxanthin, with highest levels in their fruits.[16]
In Mexican folk medicine, its pulp and juice are considered treatments for wounds and inflammation of the digestive and urinary tracts.[17]
Dijo : " atesoras tres almas... En tu sombra, en el reflejo de ti mismo y en el lazo entre vivos y muertos ; Los ojos"...Prendió tabaco y así el viejo chamán Tequesta partió con la brisa del pantano pintando la noche de tonos naranja y magenta...F.O.G.
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He said: "You treasure three souls ... In your shadow, in the reflection of yourself and in the bond between the living and the dead; The eyes" ... He lit tobacco and so the old shaman Tequesta left with the breeze from the swamp painting the night of orange and magenta tones ... FOG
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I live near this area, so that's why I have a lot of views of this area because I think it's nice to walk anytime and pretty, well from my point of view.😎😉
The Miami River is a river in the United States state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades and runs through the city of Miami, including Downtown. The 5.5-mile (8.9 km) That is, it is not very big, but it is full of interesting areas to see and walk, the river flows from the terminus of the Miami Canal at Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay. It was originally a natural river inhabited at its mouth by the Tequesta Indians, but it was dredged and is now polluted throughout its route through Miami-Dade County. The mouth of the river is home to the Port of Miami and many other businesses whose pressure to maintain it has helped to improve the river's condition.
Beauitful warm sunrise at the beach with seashells at Coral Cove Park on Jupiter Island. HDR image created using Aurora HDR software by Macphun.
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Beautiful seashells covering beach on Jupiter Island during sunrise over Coral Coev Park in Tequesta, Florida. HDR image created in Aurora HDR software by Macphun.
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I have been really struggling this year in getting out to shoot photos and wanted to dig from my 2024 archives.
Single image of Coral Cove State Park (Jupiter, Florida)
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This photo was taken from the Brickell Bridge, the view from there is always dynamic, but I wanted to show you all the colors of the afternoon and the glows look on the buildings and the monument dedicated to the Tequesta Indians.
The Miami River is a river in the United States state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades and runs through the city of Miami, including Downtown. The 5.5-mile (8.9 km) long river flows from the terminus of the Miami Canal at Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay. It was originally a natural river inhabited at its mouth by the Tequesta Indians, but it was dredged and is now polluted throughout its route through Miami-Dade County. The mouth of the river is home to the Port of Miami and many other businesses whose pressure to maintain it has helped to improve the river's condition.
"(Although it is widely believed that the name is derived from a Native American word that means "sweet water", the earliest mention of the name comes from Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, a captive of Indians in southern Florida for 17 years, when he referred to what is now Lake Okeechobee as the "Lake of Mayaimi, which is called Mayaimi because it is very large". The Mayaimi Indians were named after the lake, beside which they lived. Spanish records include the cacique of "Maimi" in a group of 280 Florida Indians that arrived in Cuba in 1710. Reports on a Spanish Mission to the Biscayne Bay area in 1743 mention "Maymies" or "Maimíes" living nearby. The river has also been known as the Garband River, Rio Ratones, Fresh Water River, Sweetwater River, and Lemon River. It has been known as the Miami River since the Second Seminole War of 1835–42.)"
In its original natural state, the river started at rapids formed by water from the Everglades flowing over a rocky ledge four miles (6.4 km) from its mouth. Frederick H. Gerdes of the U.S. Coast Survey reported in 1849 that "[f]rom the upper falls to near its entrance into Key Biscayne Bay… water in the Glades was 6 feet 2.5 inches (1.892 m) above low tide". The rapids were removed when the Miami Canal was dredged in an attempt to drain the wetland.
Natural river.
The river is divided into a North Fork and a South Fork about three miles (4.8 km) above its mouth. Each fork extended only one mile (1.6 km) to rapids marking the edge of the Everglades. The North Fork had a greater flow and higher drop over its rapids. One-and-one-half miles (2.4 km) above the mouth of the river there was a tributary on the north side, called Wagner Creek, which was about two miles (3.2 km) long. The Miami River was also fed by several springs, including some in the bed of the river. Flow was variable, and in times of drought, the river did not flow.
Coral Cove State Park (Jupiter, Florida)
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Shells all over the beach at Coral Cove Park during a beautiful pink sunrise over Jupiter Island, Florida. HDR image created using EasyHDR Software and Topaz.
The bronze statue “Tequesta Family” by Cuban born sculptor Manuel Carbonell. The sculpture is an elaborate bas relief bronze pillar that illustrates scenes from Tequesta life crowned by a Tequesta warrior and his family.
I found the stairway to heaven this morning at Jupiter ISland during sunrise at the beach in Coral Cove Park. HDR image created using Aurora HDR Software by Macphun.
A rather quick and unexpected family weekend trip to Jupiter Island gave me the opportunity to change scenery and shoot some photographs at the Coral Cove Park.
This is one location I wanted to visit for some time. The coral rock formations and water flow are very interesting, and give the image composition a lot of detail and drama.
Lucky enough, the sunrise cooperated nicely. To give this picture an extra touch of interest, I timed my shooting for a little fishing boat crossing the sun's path during my multiple exposures for HDR processing work.
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A beauitful beach sunrise at Coral Cove Park with some nice looking shells along the coast. HDR image tone mapped in Photomatix Pro and Topaz software.
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The bronze statue “Tequesta Family” by Cuban born sculptor Manuel Carbonell. The sculpture is an elaborate bas relief bronze pillar that illustrates scenes from Tequesta life crowned by a Tequesta warrior and his family.
Beautiful moon rise over the ocean at Coral Cove Park in Tequesta Florida. HDR image tone mapped using Photomatix Pro.
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Beautiful vibrant colors at the beach in Coral Cove Park Tequesta, Florida. HDR image created using Photomatix Pro and Topaz software.
Had some nice colors yesterday at the beach. This is a three exposure HDR image created in Photomatix and Topaz software. Photo taken at Coral Cove Park in Tequesta, Florida.
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The dynamic diversity found in Everglades National Park is driven by the the sheer dynamism of the weather found in this environment- tropical and rainy, the Everglades can often be gloomy, grey, and wet. On the day that I took this picture, a blanket of clouds covered the entire park and boxed in the scenery. But then, as the sun began to sink towards the horizon and break through the clouds, a magic show began.
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Driving the Florida Turnpike from Naples to Ft. Lauderdale, I pulled over to the side of the highway and I composed this image of the Florida Everglades.
Many visitors to Florida focus on its beaches, restaurants and bars, golf courses and shopping malls. But to me, Florida's wild areas and wilderness preserves are its most attractive feature, including the everglades, described as "A River of Grass" in the book of the same name published by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1947.
Those interested will find edited Wikipedia notes below, which provide additional information on the history and ecology of the Everglades.
The Everglades is a natural region of flooded grasslands in the southern portion of the state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin. This system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee. Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles (97 km) wide and over 100 miles (160 km) long, flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state.
The Everglades experiences a wide range of weather patterns, from frequent flooding in the wet season to drought in the dry season. Throughout the 20th century, the Everglades suffered significant loss of habitat and environmental degradation.
Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago. Before European colonization, the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes. With Spanish colonization, both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries. The Seminole, formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North, assimilated other peoples and created a new culture after being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century. After adapting to the region, they were able to resist removal by the United States Army.
Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848, but no work of this type was attempted until 1882. Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century, and spurred the South Florida economy, prompting land development. In 1947, Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project, which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals, levees, and water control devices. The Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities. Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland, where the primary crop was sugarcane. Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas.
Following this period of rapid development and environmental degradation, the ecosystem began to receive notable attention from conservation groups in the 1970s. Internationally, UNESCO and the Ramsar Convention designated the Everglades a Wetland Area of Global Importance. The construction of a large airport 6 miles (10 km) north of Everglades National Park was blocked when an environmental study found that it would severely damage the South Florida ecosystem. With heightened awareness and appreciation of the region, restoration began in the 1980s with the removal of a canal that had straightened the Kissimmee River. However, development and sustainability concerns have remained pertinent in the region. The deterioration of the Everglades, including poor water quality in Lake Okeechobee, was linked to the diminishing quality of life in South Florida's urban areas.
In 2000 the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan was approved by Congress to combat these problems, which at that time was considered the most expensive and comprehensive environmental restoration attempt in history; however, implementation faced political complications.
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, 25 miles (40 km) north of Miami. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2019 census, the city has an estimated population of 182,437. Fort Lauderdale is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people in 2018.
The city is a popular tourist destination, with an average year-round temperature of 75.5 °F (24.2 °C) and 3,000 hours of sunshine per year. Greater Fort Lauderdale which takes in all of Broward County hosted 12 million visitors in 2012, including 2.8 million international visitors. The city and county in 2012 collected $43.9 million from the 5% hotel tax it charges, after hotels in the area recorded an occupancy rate for the year of 72.7 percent and an average daily rate of $114.48. The district has 561 hotels and motels comprising nearly 35,000 rooms. Forty six cruise ships sailed from Port Everglades in 2012. Greater Fort Lauderdale has over 4,000 restaurants, 63 golf courses, 12 shopping malls, 16 museums, 132 nightclubs, 278 parkland campsites, and 100 marinas housing 45,000 resident yachts.
Fort Lauderdale is named after a series of forts built by the United States during the Second Seminole War. The forts took their name from Major William Lauderdale (1782–1838), younger brother of Lieutenant Colonel James Lauderdale. William Lauderdale was the commander of the detachment of soldiers who built the first fort. However, development of the city did not begin until 50 years after the forts were abandoned at the end of the conflict. Three forts named "Fort Lauderdale" were constructed; the first was at the fork of the New River, the second at Tarpon Bend on the New River between the Colee Hammock and Rio Vista neighborhoods, and the third near the site of the Bahia Mar Marina.
The area in which the city of Fort Lauderdale would later be founded was inhabited for more than two thousand years by the Tequesta Indians. Contact with Spanish explorers in the 16th century proved disastrous for the Tequesta, as the Europeans unwittingly brought with them diseases, such as smallpox, to which the native populations possessed no resistance. For the Tequesta, disease, coupled with continuing conflict with their Calusa neighbors, contributed greatly to their decline over the next two centuries. By 1763, there were only a few Tequesta left in Florida, and most of them were evacuated to Cuba when the Spanish ceded Florida to the British in 1763, under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763), which ended the Seven Years' War. Although control of the area changed between Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Confederate States of America, it remained largely undeveloped until the 20th century.
The Fort Lauderdale area was known as the "New River Settlement" before the 20th century. In the 1830s there were approximately 70 settlers living along the New River. William Cooley, the local Justice of the Peace, was a farmer and wrecker, who traded with the Seminole Indians. On January 6, 1836, while Cooley was leading an attempt to salvage a wrecked ship, a band of Seminoles attacked his farm, killing his wife and children, and the children's tutor. The other farms in the settlement were not attacked, but all the white residents in the area abandoned the settlement, fleeing first to the Cape Florida Lighthouse on Key Biscayne, and then to Key West.
The first United States stockade named Fort Lauderdale was built in 1838, and subsequently was a site of fighting during the Second Seminole War. The fort was abandoned in 1842, after the end of the war, and the area remained virtually unpopulated until the 1890s. It was not until Frank Stranahan arrived in the area in 1893 to operate a ferry across the New River, and the Florida East Coast Railroad's completion of a route through the area in 1896, that any organized development began. The city was incorporated in 1911, and in 1915 was designated the county seat of newly formed Broward County.
Fort Lauderdale's first major development began in the 1920s, during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The 1926 Miami Hurricane and the Great Depression of the 1930s caused a great deal of economic dislocation. In July 1935, an African-American man named Rubin Stacy was accused of robbing a white woman at knife point. He was arrested and being transported to a Miami jail when police were run off the road by a mob. A group of 100 white men proceeded to hang Stacy from a tree near the scene of his alleged robbery. His body was riddled with some twenty bullets. The murder was subsequently used by the press in Nazi Germany to discredit US critiques of its own persecution of Jews, Communists, and Catholics.
When World War II began, Fort Lauderdale became a major US base, with a Naval Air Station to train pilots, radar operators, and fire control, operators. A Coast Guard base at Port Everglades was also established.
On July 4, 1961, African Americans started a series of protests, wade-ins, at beaches that were off-limits to them, to protest "the failure of the county to build a road to the Negro beach". On July 11, 1962, a verdict by Ted Cabot went against the city's policy of racial segregation of public beaches.
Today, Fort Lauderdale is a major yachting center, one of the nation's largest tourist destinations, and the center of a metropolitan division with 1.8 million people.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida
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Key Biscayne, The Barrier Island
Key Biscayne is a barrier island located at the north end of the reef-strewn Florida Straits. One thousand years before Columbus sailed, the Tequesta
inhabited the island. These coastal fishermen navigated dugout canoes between the island and the mainland.
The Spanish explorers and missionaries referred to the native people in the area around Biscayne Bay as Vizcaynos.
. Though this name for them is documented in a 1675 mission report letter from Bishop Calderon de Cuba, and though several tales offer explanations, the true origin of the name which graces Biscayne Bay and Key Biscayne remains a mystery.
In 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon sailed from Puerto Rico searching for cities of gold. He landed in this island because of its distinctive location, and the fresh water and firewood found in the area. The island became a prominent landmark for the earliest navigators in America waters. During a twenty year British rule which began in 1763, British Royal Surveyors charted the waters. Florida was returned to Spain in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1821, and territorial status was granted later that same year. Florida became a state in 1845.
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If but only for a beach alongside the sea,
Be it Maui, Bimini, or Florida Key.
There’s no other place that speaks to my soul.
Like a blue lagoon, or banana wind shoal.
From latitude to longitude, and the elusive southern cross,
Everything under a tropical sun, nourishes my mental floss.
Sunrise this morning, 1/2/2020. Hobe Sound, FL.
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Beach path and Coconut palms.
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Beautiful shells on the beach at Coral Cove Park on Jupiter Island in Tequesta Florida during sunset, HDR image created using Aurora HDR and EasyHDR.
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Beautiful seashells on the beach during sunrise with wave break on shore at Coral Cove Park in Jupiter Florida. HDR image tone mapped using Photomatix Pro and Topaz software.
Moon setting over Jupiter Island at Coral Cove Park in Tequesta Florida. Photo edited using Aurora HDR software by Macphun.
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Beautiful green algae growing on the beach rocks at Coral Cove Park in Jupiter Island, Tequesta, Florida. HDR photo tone mapped using EasyHDR and Topaz software.
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A cool, breezy morning but beautiful sunrise overlooking the Jupiter Lighthouse this morning.
Point Of Interest: The two large boats pictured look a little odd, because they both had bright, almost ultra-violet interior lights illuminating their decks. It actually looked very cool.
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Tequesta, Florida, sunrise over Jupiter Island at Coral Cove Park with nice wave break. HDR image tone mapped in Photomatix and enhanced with Topaz.
I purchased this piece in Southern Florida, Hobe Sound to be exact. It’s a handmade Native American flute. I gave this to my friend for a special occasion. Since he’s not with us anymore, I claimed it as mine. Native Americans: History and Culture of Florida Tribes
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Tribes of Florida - Brief Descriptions
Ais
The Ais were noted as the most important tribe of southeastern Florida, and they were probably responsible for the fact that the watercourse on which they dwelt came to be called Indian River.
Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda (c. 1536 – after 1575) wrote of a Biscayan named Pedro who had been held prisoner [by the] Ais, evidently during the sixteenth century, and spoke the Ais language fluently. Shortly after the Spaniards made their first establishments in the peninsula, a war broke out with the Ais, but peace was concluded in 1570. In 1597 Governor Mendez de Canço, who traveled along the entire east coast from the head of the Florida Keys to St. Augustine, reported that the Ais chief had more Indians under him than any other.
[Excerpts from Access Genealogy: Florida Indian Tribes. See also: "Ais Tribe of Florida" www.accessgenealogy.com/native/ais-tribe-of-florida.htm ]
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Apalachee
From at least A.D. 1000, a group of farming Indians was living in northwest Florida. They were called the Apalachees. Other Florida Indians regarded them as being wealthy and fierce. Some think the Apalachee language was related to Hitchiti of the Muskhogean language family. The Apalachees' territory extended from the Aucilla River in the east to the Ochlockonee River in the west.
[Excerpt from: Florida Center for Instructional Technology: The Apalachees of Northwest Florida.]
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Calusa
The Calusa Indians were originally called the "Calos" which means "Fierce People." They were descendants of Paleo-Indians who inhabited Southwest Florida approximately 12,000 years ago. During the Calusa's reign the Florida coastline extended roughly 60 miles further into the Gulf of Mexico. Hardwood forests covered the land and the climate was much colder than it is today. The Calusa inhabited a region abundant with bears, woolly mammoths, sloth, tortoises, and saber-toothed tigers. Hunting these animals and gathering roots and fruit that grew on trees was a mainstay until they discovered the waters contained a wealth of fish. This new food source required significantly less time than hunting and gathering their food, and allowed the Calusa time to establish their own system of government. Following this formation of a centralized government were the construction of a canal system, the beginnings of organized religion, and the creating of many art forms.
[Excerpt from: Absolutely Florida Websource: The Calusa Indians (The Shell People.)]
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Jeaga
The Jeaga (YAY•gah) inhabited present day Palm Beach County. Jonathan Dickson, who survived a shipwreck on the coast near Jeaga lands in 1698, described them as "fierce and bloody." The Jeaga depended on the sea for much of their food.
[Excerpt from: Florida Online, Social Studies, Glenco Online: People of Southeastern Florida. glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/fcat/early_florida.html#peo... Read Jonathan Dickson's journal at www.archive.org/stream/godsprotectingpr00dick#page/n5/mod... ]
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Mayaimi
Along the lower Atlantic Coast was the home of many small tribes: the Tequestas of Biscayne Bay, the Ais and the Jeagas up the coast, the Keys Indians, and the Mayaimi who built large mounded villages near Lake Okeechobee. Like the Calusa, these tribes were fishermen and hunters rather than farmers.
[Excerpt from: FloridaHistory.org: Florida of the Indians.]
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Potano
The Potano tribe was anciently celebrated as, with one or two possible exceptions, the most powerful of all the Timucua peoples. Located in the territory of the present Alachua County.
[Excerpts from: Access Genealogy: Florida Indian Tribes.]
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Seminoles
Seminole history begins with bands of Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama who migrated to Florida in the 1700s. Conflicts with Europeans and other tribes caused them to seek new lands to live in peace. Groups of Lower Creeks moved to Florida to get away from the dominance of Upper Creeks. Some Creeks were searching for rich, new fields to plant corn, beans, and other crops. For a while, Spain even encouraged these migrations to help provide a buffer between Florida and the British colonies. The 1770s is when Florida Indians collectively became known as Seminole, a name meaning "wild people" or "runaway."
[Excerpt from: Florida Department of State's Division of Resources' Seminole History Report.]
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Tequesta
The Tequesta were a small, peaceful, Native American tribe. They were one of the first tribes in South Florida and they settled near Biscayne Bay in the present-day Miami area. They built many villages at the mouth of the Miami River and along the coastal islands. Like the other tribes in South Florida, the Tequesta were hunters and gatherers.
[Excerpt from Exploring Florida: The Tequesta of Biscayne Bay, Produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida.]
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Timucua
The Timucua lived in large circular houses with palm-thatched roofs. Frequently, they built a wall of tall wooden poles around their villages for protection against attack. Like most Native Americans, the Timucua had no written language. They farmed the rich lands of North Florida.
[Excerpt from: Florida Online, Social Studies, Glenco Online: The Timucua and the Apalachee: glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/fcat/early_florida.html#tim... ]
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Tocobaga
The Tocobaga Indians were a group of prehistoric and historic Native Americans living near Tampa Bay, Florida up until roughly 1760. All of the Tampa Bay inhabitants relied heavily on water animals and plants for food, but also hunted and gathered on land. Of all these groups, only the Tocobaga planted corn.
[Excerpt from: Pelotes Island Nature Reserve: Who Were the Tocobago Indians? See more: web.archive.org/web/20150201034007/http://pelotes.jea.com... ]
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The Miami River is a river in the United States state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades and runs through the city of Miami, including Downtown. The 5.5-mile (8.9 km) long river flows from the terminus of the Miami Canal at Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay. It was originally a natural river inhabited at its mouth by the Tequesta Indians, but it was dredged and is now polluted because of its route through Miami-Dade County. The mouth of the river is now home to the Port of Miami and many other businesses whose pressure to maintain it has helped to improve the river's condition.
In its original natural state, the river started at rapids formed by water from the Everglades flowing over a rocky ledge four miles (6.4 km) from its mouth. Frederick H. Gerdes of the U.S. Coast Survey reported in 1849 that "[from the upper falls to near its entrance into Key Biscayne Bay… water in the Glades was 6 feet 2.5 inches (1.892 m) above low tide." The rapids were removed when the Miami Canal was dredged in an attempt to drain the wetland.
The river divided into a North Fork and a South Fork about three miles (4.8 km) above its mouth. Each fork extended only one mile (1.6 km) to rapids marking the edge of the Everglades. The North Fork had the greater flow and the higher drop over its rapids. One-and-one-half miles (2.4 km) above the mouth of the river there was a tributary on the north side, called Wagner Creek, which was about two miles (3.2 km) long. The Miami River was also fed by several springs, including some in the bed of the river. Flow was variable and in times of drought sometimes stopped completely.
Found some beautiful shells at the beach in Coral Cove Park on Jupiter Island. HDR image created using Photomatix Pro and Topaz software.
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