EARTHSC 1105 Lecture 20: Lecture 20 - Biscayne National Park
26 Oct 2017
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10,000 - 4000 years bp paleo-indians and native americans lived in the area. 4000 years bp -16th century - the glades culture and tequesta people lived along the shore and on the islands. 1513 spanish juan ponce de le n discovered florida keys. 1650 virtually all the area"s indigenous people had been wiped out. 1830s became home to the seminole indians that had migrated into florida from. 1961 13 area landowners in the florida keys voted to form the city of islandia, with an industrial seaport. 1962 islandia"s backers proposed the dredging of a 40-foot deep channel through. 1965 passage by florida legislature of the beach and shore preservation act established coastal construction setback lines to preserve beaches and shoreline from development. Early 1968 islandia landowners attempted to derail popular public support for plans to preserve the area as a park.
