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Abandoned about 800 years ago, it was re-occupied in the eighteenth century by Spanish-Cuban fisherfolk who fished with Native Americans. This era came to an end in the 1830s when the U.S. asserted control and deported Indians to the West. Useppa played important roles in the Seminole Wars, the Civil War, and the early-20th-century Florida Land Boom era. A prime destination for the tarpon fisher, it was also the residence of Barron Collier, who built a broad-based development, transportation, resort, and communications business. It served briefly in 1960 as a training camp for Cuban expatriates, and in the 1960s and early 1970s as a fishing resort. The last quarter of the twentieth century saw the restoration of the island and its emergence as the Useppa Island Club. The reader will learn about the remarkable archaeology, history, and ecology of this tiny island, a place that played pivotal roles in military, economic, and social developments that affected millions of people. Detailed reports of archaeological findings and rich historical accounts are illustrated with many drawings and photographs. x + 253 pp., many illustrations and photographs,
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Archaeology of Useppa Island will be enjoyed by anyone interested
in Florida's past. From as early as 10,000 years ago, the place
we now know as Useppa Island (in southwest Florida near Fort Myers)
has been visited by people. As sea level rose, Useppa became an
island about 6,500 years ago, beginning a tradition of seasonal
use by fishing people that would last for six millennia.