and salt fish caught along the coast to supply Havana. Indians living in the area, possibly Calusa ... of the island until after 1700. Shortly after 1700, the Calusa people the people of the Caloosahatchee ... who lived in the Calusa town of Muspa on or near Marco Island, Florida Marco Island were reported ... isbn 0 8130 0756 9 pages 258 314 editor Dave D. Davis chapter Prehistoric Development of Calusa Society ... more details
ref The Tequestas were more or less dominated by the more numerous Calusa of the southwest coast of Florida ... tribes. Although there is a Spanish record of a Tequesta village on Cape Sable, Calusa artifacts ... of the Calusa s of the southwest Florida coast and the Mayaimi s who lived around Lake ... than they are at Calusa or Jaega sites . Venison was also popular deer bones are frequently found in archeological ... Florida coast, home of the more numerous Calusa. ref Hann 2003 146 ref Housing, clothing and tools ... a petition from three Calusa chiefs who were visiting in Havana. The petition, which was written ... , 1 60. Hann, John H. 1991 . Missions to the Calusa . Gainesville University of Florida Press. Hann ... more details
Gasparilla Island s first known inhabitants were the Calusa Indians. They were living on nearby Useppa ... Harbor was the center of the Calusa Empire, which numbered thousands of people and hundreds of fishing villages. The Calusa were a hunting and fishing people who perfected the art of Maritime nation ... Southwest Florida during their golden age. Since the Calusa had no written language, the only ... the Calusa had with the white man came during Spanish explorations at the beginning of the 16th century. By the mid 18th century the Calusa had all but disappeared, the victims of Europe an diseases ... more details
area changed to become very similar to those of the Calusa people to the north, indicating a close alliance with or absorption by the Calusa. ref MacMahon and Marquardt. P. 6 ref See also Fort Center ..., Darcie A. and William H. Marquardt 2004 . The Calusa and Their Legacy South Florida People ... Randolph J. title The Evolution of the Calusa A Nonagricultural Chiefdom on the Southwest Florida Coast ... more details
The Glades culture is an archaeological culture in southernmost Florida that lasted from about 500 BCE until shortly after Europe an contact. Its area included the Everglades , the Florida Keys , the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic coast of Florida north through present day Martin County, Florida Martin County and the Gulf of Mexico Gulf coast north to Marco Island, Florida Marco Island in Collier County, Florida Collier County . It did not include the area around Lake Okeechobee , which was part of the Belle Glade culture . Two, or possibly three, areas at the extremities of the cultural area are recognized as variant districts the Ten Thousand Islands Florida Ten Thousand Islands district in southern coastal Collier County and northern Monroe County, Florida Monroe County , the East Okeechobee district in eastern Martin and Palm Beach County, Florida Palm Beach counties, and, with less certainty, the Florida Keys. At the time of first European contact, the Ten Thousand Islands district was part of the Calusa domain, the East Okeechobee district was occupied by the Jaega tribe, and the area of Broward County, Florida Broward and Miami Dade County, Florida Miami Dade counties was occupied by the Tequesta tribe. The inhabitants of the Florida Keys were called Matecumbes by the Spanish people Spanish , but it is not clear how distinct they were from the Tequesta. The Glades culture is defined almost entirely on the basis of pottery . Much of the pottery throughout the Glades culture period was undecorated. It is identified as Glades primarily by the character of the sand and grit included in the clay used to form the pottery. Pots decorated with puncture marks and incisions appeared after 500, but were not very common. Decorated pots disappeared from the record in about 1100. Pots with a new type of incised decoration appeared about 1200 and lasted for about 200 years. Pottery attributed to the St. Johns culture started appearing in the archeological record after that. On the ... more details
Infobox school name District School Board of Collier County image DSBCCLogo.png imagesize 102px motto motto translation streetaddress 5775 Osceola Trail city Naples state Florida zipcode 34109 free label 1 Telephone free 1 239 377 0001 free label 2 Grades free 2 VPK to 12 with adult education programs url http collier.k12.fl.us schoolnumber schoolboard affiliation superintendent Tamara Patton trustee principal viceprincipal administrator schooltype grades language area Collier County, Florida Collier County , Florida mascot teamname colors founded enrollment enrollment as of The District School Board of Collier County , also known as Collier County Public Schools, is a school district in Collier County, Florida Collier County , Florida . The district has schools placed in four cities throughout the county Everglades City, FL Everglades City , Immokalee, FL Immokalee , Marco Island, FL Marco Island and Naples, FL Naples . The district employees 2,900 teacher s, 47 with advanced degrees. The School District of Collier County includes 50 schools, along with two charter schools, and including two postsecondary technical schools educating adult or dually enrolled high school students. sup http collier.k12.fl.us about fastfacts.asp sup As a whole, the district has maintained a B grade since 2004 sup http www.collier.k12.fl.us about fastfacts.asp sup . High schools Barron Collier High School Everglades City School Golden Gate High School Gulf Coast High School Immokalee High School Lely High School Lorenzo Walker Technical High School Naples High School Palmetto Ridge High School Middle schools Corkscrew Middle Cypress Palm Middle East Naples Middle Golden Gate Middle Gulfview Middle Immokalee Middle Manatee Middle Marco Island Charter North Naples Middle Oakridge Middle Pine Ridge Middle Elementary schools Avalon Elementary Big Cypress Elementary Calusa Park Elementary Corkscrew Elementary Estates Elementary Golden Gate Elementary Intermediate Golden Gate Elementary Prima ... more details
orphan date October 2009 Infobox nrhp name Josslyn Island Site image caption location Lee County, Florida Lee County , Florida nearest city Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers lat degrees 26 lat minutes 37 lat seconds 31 lat direction N long degrees 82 long minutes 9 long seconds 9 long direction W locmapin Florida area added December 14, 1978 visitation num visitation year mpsub http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 64500095.pdf Archeological Resources of the Caloosahatchee Region MPS refnum 78000948 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref governing body Private The Josslyn Island Site is an archaeological site composed of a midden shell mound in Lee County, Florida Lee County , Florida , United States . In mid 1983, the shell mound was cleared and mapped by archaeologists from the Southwest Florida Archaeological Society, operating with funds donated by Don Randell, the owner. It was revealed to cover an area of approximately convert 4 ha , and some parts of the mound reached a height of more than convert 5 m . Most of the shells in the mound are those of whelk s and conch s noticeably absent are oyster and clam shells. Although the dates of the shells are unknown, they are believed to have been deposited by Calusa peoples during or soon before First contact anthropology European contact . ref name lamar Marquard, William H. Josslyn Island Shell Mound . In http shapiro.anthro.uga.edu Lamar images PDFs publication 48.pdf The Complete Lamar Briefs , Mark Williams, ed., 2000, 12. Accessed 2010 10 06. ref The mound has only rarely been visited since the beginning of the twentieth century except for a few non archaeologists who attempted to excavation archaeology excavate the site, the 1983 survey was the first known human visit since the site was recorded in 1896. Seeing the high state of preservation in which the Josslyn Island Shell Mound exists, researchers have proposed that it may hold significant stores of knowledge about its creators. ref name lamar In recognition of it ... more details
Crane Point Museum, Nature Center and Historic Site is a non profit organization non profit natural history museum and nature center located in the City of Marathon, Florida Marathon on Key Vaca , in the heart of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida Monroe County , Florida , United States . Created in 1976, the Florida Keys Land & Sea Trust purchased the land and saved the area from being developed into private homes and shopping malls. Crane Point features several facilities Museum of Natural History of the Florida Keys Exhibits focus on the natural and cultural history of the Keys area, including Calusa Indians, Spain Spanish explorers and other Keys pioneers, pirates , a diorama of a coral reef , butterflies , tree snails , sea turtles , Seashell shells , Key deer and local tropical fish . The museum was established in 1990. The museum is part of the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, from the Smithsonian Institution s National Museum of Natural History , that contains depictions of Keys heritage and landscapes. Florida Keys Children s Museum features two saltwater lagoons and many marine touch tanks which contain native Keys invertebrates and fish, including a nurse shark , as well as an interactive pirate play area. George Adderley House a historic house museum that was built by George Adderley, a Bahamian pioneer, in 1903 that still stands on Crane Point s property. The exterior of the house was constructed with Tabby cement Tabby , a concrete like material made of burned conch and other shells and sand. Marathon Wild Bird Center a Wildlife rehabilitation rehabilitation center for injured and orphaned wild birds. Opened in 1998, the center also offers education programs and research projects. Some recovering birds can be viewed in the outdoor flight cage. Nature trails Crane Point was formerly known as Tropical Crane Point Hammock. ref http www.sherpaguides.com florida middle keys marathon.html Sherpa Guides Middle Keys ref References http books.google.com b ... more details
Billy Creek ref gnis 278776 ref is a creek in Fort Myers, Florida . It is a tributary of the Caloosahatchee River ref cite book title Edison in Florida The Green Laboratory last Thulesius first Olav year 1997 publisher University Press of Florida isbn 0813015219 pages p. 67 url http books.google.com books?id S8sPfzlWb5wC&pg RA1 PA67&dq 22Billy 27s Creek 22 2Bmyers&lr &num 100&client firefox a&sig G bMh0QvEVeXh9nudyDi2Lwd20 ref and contains mangrove vegetation. ref cite book title Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia author Geographical Society of Philadelphia year 1912 publisher Geographical Society of Philadelphia pages p. 237 url http books.google.com books?id ZSh9Fk5N 1AC&q 22Billy s Creek 22 2Bmyers&dq 22Billy s Creek 22 2Bmyers&lr &num 100&client firefox a&pgis 1 ref The creek was named after the Seminole chief Billy Bowlegs ref cite book title Florida Highways author Florida State Road Dept year 1923 publisher J.E.Robinson pages p. 35 url http books.google.com books?id 0VYPAAAAIAAJ&q 22Billy s Creek 22 2Bmyers&dq 22Billy s Creek 22 2Bmyers&lr &num 100&client firefox a&pgis 1 ref who was forced to surrender there by United States forces in 1858. ref cite book title The Complete Idiot s Guide to Native American History last Fleming first Walter C. year 2003 publisher Alpha Books isbn 0028644697 pages p. 123 url http books.google.co.uk books?id JsSTR00o ewC&pg PA123&dq 22Billy 27s Creek 22 2Bflorida&num 100&client firefox a&sig FNFi9UZY0hZuXBe7Xb1nKCp0OuM PPA123,M1 ref Billy s Creek has its beginnings as meandering water from a canal and is unique in that it is a scenic urban waterway and part of the Calusa Blueway. Joint efforts to improve water quality from various government agencies allowed the construction of the Billy s Creek Filter Marsh and adjacent nature park. This waterway is maintained by the Friends of Billy s Creek, a volunteer group in Lee County. References reflist coord missing Florida Category Rivers of Florida Florida geo stub ... more details
River The first inhabitants that have been known to occupy the Estero River were the Calusa Indians around 7000 years ago. They often used the river for transportation and food. The Calusa Indians ... River, in the past few years. ref Milanich 1994. br Milanich 1998. ref The Calusa s first encounter ... on the river visit the island of Mound Key and do a little exploring as the Calusa s did in the past ... more details
used by the Calusa . Archaeologists now generally discount that theory. While the Calusa ... and Glades culture areas remained distinct from the Caloosahatchee culture area inhabited by the Calusa ... a soul in eye concept. McGoun 82 More than 1,000 years later the Calusa Beliefs Calusa believed that people ... Glade culture Belle Glade and described in Spanish reports about the Calusa . Hann states that this southern .... Fort Center was probably now part of the Calusa realm. Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda , who was held ... to the Calusa. Fontenada describes the Mayaimi as living in very small towns and scattered settlements. Sears states that the Calusa probably did not use Fort Center as a ceremonial center. ref ... more details
today and the paleo indians gave way to the Calusa , the shell people. The Calusa thrived on the southwest ... century. ref name The Calusa The Shell Indians cite web url http fcit.usf.edu florida lessons calusa calusa1.htm title The Calusa The Shell Indians accessdate 2010 09 22 publisher University of South Florida ref The arrival of the Europeans was devastating to the Calusa, as diseases such as small ... and establish themselves on the peninsula. ref name The Calusa The Shell Indians In 1819 ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox NCAA athlete name Jonathan Rodr guez image caption college Campbell University Campbell conference A Sun sport Basketball position Forward basketball Forward class major Sport management career start 2006 career end 2010 nickname height ft 6 height in 5 weight lb 200 nationality PUR birth date Birth date and age 1987 11 3 mf y birth place Bayam n, Puerto Rico highschool Calusa Preparatory former school s career highlights awards honors records championships championship list tournaments tournament list Jonathan John Rodr guez born November 3, 1987 is a Puerto Rican people Puerto Rican basketball player who currently plays for Campbell University in the A Sun division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Biography Rodr guez had a stellar high school career at Calusa Preparatory, where hed led the team to Florida s state championship in 2005. ref name Camels cite web url http www.gocamels.com ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID 65376&SPID 7303&DB OEM ID 15300&ATCLID 824807 title Collegeinsider.com Names Rodr guez to Mid Major Freshman All America Team date 2007 03 12 accessdate 2007 04 28 ref He had an average of 25.5 points per game and was selected as Florida s Player of the Year in Class 1 A, Miami Herald 3A 1A Player of the Year. ref name Camels Rodr guez would join Campbell university s athletic program in 2006. ref name Camels He debuted as the team s starting Forward. He had a notable rookie year being ranked among the A sun division s leader in ten different categories. This were third in scoring with 17.3 points per game first in rebounding 8.8 first in defensive boards 6.32 twelfth in steals 1.45 seventh in blocks 1.1 twelfth in assist to turnover ratio 1.15 eighth in offensive rebounds 2.45 twelfth in field goal percentage .468 , fifteenth in free throw percentage .708 and thirteenth in assists with an average of 3.03 assists per game. ref name Camels Rodr guez was Campbell s first freshman to earn all conference honors sin ... more details
focused learning centers. Visitors enter the exhibit through a re created scene of a Calusa fishing village as it may have looked about 500 years ago. A young Calusa boy carries home a shark on his ... focus on the fishing industry of the Calusa , their predecessors, and traditions that carried into the 20th ..., and waterworks. Visitors will learn about the remarkable engineering endeavors of the Calusa ... diorama of a fishing village captures the essence of Calusa fishing. Artifacts include 1,000 year old palm fiber fishing nets, Calusa net making tools, a wide range of shell tools, and an ancient wooden canoe paddle. Calusa Mound and Village The dominant feature of this gallery is a large picture window and view of an outdoor mound. Sculptures of a Calusa family stand on the mound next ..., interpretive panels discuss mounds and Calusa town plans. Next to the window, an interactive model shows a cutaway view of a mound and explains archaeologists methods of interpreting the past. Calusa ... Florida Hall. This gallery showcases the society of the Calusa through a dramatic re created scene. Visitors enter a palm thatched building and find themselves in a Calusa leader s house during a political ... on known individuals from historic Spanish documents. The setting is the Calusa capital town of Calos, about the year 1564. A distant chief is visiting the Calusa leader and his close associates. Interpretive panels explain topics such as Calusa politics, social organization, and spiritual beliefs ... ornaments as well as objects traded to the Calusa from places as far away as Missouri . South Florida ... more details
Infobox Protected area name Long Key State Park iucn category Ib Note site s category is unset in IUCN database, but appears to conform with Category V map Florida map caption location Monroe County, Florida , United States USA nearest city Long Key , Florida lat d 24 lat m 49 lat s 01 lat NS N long d 80 long m 49 long s 12 long EW W area convert 965 acre km2 established visitation num visitation year governing body Florida Department of Environmental Protection Long Key State Park is a convert 965 acre km2 adj on Florida State Parks Florida State Park located on Long Key , one of the Florida Keys , in Monroe County, Florida Monroe County , Florida , United States . It is at mile marker 67.5 on U.S. Route 1 in Florida U.S. 1 , 67400 Overseas Highway. History Prehistoric coral reef s grew here over the course of millennia, when the sea level was over convert 20 ft m deeper. The remnants came to form Long Key, and the rest of the Florida Keys . The climate and waters provided abundant plant and aquatic life for the Calusa , who settled in the area long before Spanish people Spanish explorers arrived. Cayo Vivora , or Rattlesnake Key, is what the first Spaniards called the island, since to them it resembled a snake with its jaws open. By the early twentieth century, Long Key became an important depot for the completed Overseas Railroad Key West Extension Eighth Wonder of the World Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad . The railroad s founder, Henry Morrison Flagler Henry Flagler , also established the Long Key Fishing Camp , a resort that attracted the greatest Seawater saltwater fishermen from around the world. But it did not last for long, when in 1935, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 Labor Day hurricane devastated the Club, the railroad, and much of the Keys. The land that came to comprise the park was acquired between 1961 and 1973, with the official opening in 1969. Biology The plant life at Long Key originated in the Caribbean . Trees include man ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Pachygnatha image image caption image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropoda classis Arachnida ordo Araneae subordo Araneomorphae familia Tetragnathidae genus Pachygnatha genus authority Sundevall, 1823 diversity link List of Tetragnathidae species Pachygnatha diversity 41 species range map range map width 250px subdivision ranks Species subdivision see text. Pachygnatha is a spider genus in the family Tetragnathidae . Species Pachygnatha africana small Strand, 1906 small Ethiopia Pachygnatha amurensis small Strand, 1907 small Russia Pachygnatha atromarginata small Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 small Cameroon Pachygnatha autumnalis small Marx, 1884 small USA, Canada, Cuba Pachygnatha bonneti small Senglet, 1973 small Spain Pachygnatha brevis small Keyserling, 1884 small USA, Canada Pachygnatha calusa small Levi, 1980 small USA Pachygnatha clercki small Sundevall, 1823 small Holarctic Pachygnatha clerckoides small Wunderlich, 1985 small Bulgaria, Macedonia Pachygnatha degeeri small Sundevall, 1830 small Palearctic Pachygnatha degeeri dysdericolor small Jocqu , 1977 small Morocco Pachygnatha dorothea small McCook, 1894 small USA, Canada Pachygnatha fengzhen small Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 small China Pachygnatha furcillata small Keyserling, 1884 small USA Pachygnatha gaoi small Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 small Russia, China Pachygnatha goedeli small Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 small Cameroon Pachygnatha hexatracheata small Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 small Cameroon Pachygnatha jansseni small Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 small Cameroon Pachygnatha kiwuana small Strand, 1913 small Congo Pachygnatha leleupi small Lawrence, 1952 small Cameroon, Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe Pachygnatha listeri small Sundevall, 1830 small Palearctic Pachygnatha longipes small Simon, 1894 small Madagascar Pachygnatha mucronata small Tullgren, 1910 small East Africa Pachygnatha mucronata comorana small Schmidt & Krause, 1993 small Comoro Islands Pachygnatha ochongipina small B ... more details
quote ref The Onathaqua tribe or village was in the area. They were in alliance with the Calusa ... native tribes calusa calusahist.htm title Calusa Indian History accessdate author authorlink coauthors ... more details
, looking for his son. There he made contact with the Calusa tribe, an advanced maritime people. He negotiated ... of his new wife as a hostage in negotiations with her people, as well as his negotiating with the Calusa ... 8 ref The Ais, like the Tequesta and Calusa tribes, proved hostile to Spanish settlement as war continued ... more details
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