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From ancient burial ponds and St. Augustine to how Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and the Space Coast became what they are today. We start the chapters. You add what you know. Get credit on your profile.

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Like a History Channel for Florida — on ThisIsFlorida.us. Free members can submit. Approved shares show Shared by your name with a link to your profile. Corrections are welcome. Moderators approve changes. No fighting. 7 starter chapters live now.

Starter chapters

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Windover · Space Coast Titusville / Windover Farms (Brevard) — peat-pond cemetery discovered 1982. Roughly 7,000–8,000-year-old burials. National Historic Landmark. Seminole & Miccosukee · living nations Distinct sovereign Tribal Nations. Use each Nation’s own sources. Living histories — not a vanished chapter. St. Augustine · 1565 Oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in continental U.S. Indigenous peoples were here long before. How Miami started Tequesta homeland and Miami Circle through 1896 incorporation and Flagler-era growth. How Fort Lauderdale started Second Seminole War forts → New River Settlement → city incorporation 1911. How Orlando started Fort Gatlin era through lakes, rail, agriculture, and the modern visitor destination. Space Coast · then to now From Windover’s ancient pond to Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center — long timeline, careful learning.
Seed next Burial mounds & first peoples Statewide mound and wet-site traditions. Cite museums and tribal historic preservation offices. Respect cemetery sites.
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Windover — get the place right

The famous find is the Windover Archaeological Site in Titusville (Windover Farms subdivision, Brevard County) on the Space Coast — near the Rockledge area many locals know. Discovered in 1982. Roughly 7,000–8,000-year-old peat-pond burials; National Historic Landmark; among the most important Archaic finds in the Americas. Cite Florida Historical Society, NPS, and the Brevard Museum — don’t invent “oldest on Earth” claims.

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