Upper Tampa Bay Park Archaeological District

This is a 2,144-acre park and preserve located on Double Branch Peninsula in Tampa Bay. The archaeological district within the park includes 18 sites that date from 4,000 to 500 years ago and are associated with the Manasota Culture.

The ...

Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center

This 3,700-acre nature preserve, situated on Old Tampa Bay, was home to Native Americans for thousands of years. The site gave the name to the Weeden Island Culture, whose distinctive ornate pottery was first recorded on Weedon Island in 1924. ...

Science Center of Pinellas County

The Science Center of Pinellas County offers a variety of displays and exhibits on science and history, including a 16th-century Indian village, which features recreated aboriginal style dwellings, mounds and an archaeological excavation brought to life through living history demonstrations.

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Pinellas Point Temple Mound Historic Marker

This mound, now surrounded by modern houses, was built beginning around 1,000 years ago. The site is accessible at a small park surrounding the mound in the Pinellas Point neighborhood.

A historic marker explains the history and legends of this mound, ...

Oelsner Mound Historic Marker

Built by Native Americans around 1,000 years ago, this mound is all that remains of a little-known Native American community. The mound was excavated in 1879 by S. T. Walker of the Smithsonian Institution.

The mound is preserved as a ...

Battle of Okeechobee Historic Marker

A historic plaque marks the location of the Okeechobee Battlefield, a site designated as a National Historic Landmark. In late December 1837, Colonel Zachary Taylor met Seminoles who were led by chiefs Coacooche (Wild Cat), Halpatter (Alligator) and Abiaka (Sam ...

Turtle Mound Trail, Canaveral National Seashore

At almost 45 feet in height, Turtle Mound is one of the tallest shell middens in Florida. It is an impressive site situated on a narrow strip of land between the old Intercoastal Waterway channel and Apollo Beach. Turtle Mound ...

Seminole Rest, Canaveral National Seashore

Seminole Rest consists of several prehistoric shell mounds dating from 4,000 years ago to 1565. Snyder's Mound, the largest mound at this site, is unique because few mounds this large remain intact today.

There is a self-guided hiking trail through the ...

New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins County Historic Site

This Volusia County Park preserves the remains of one of the sugar mills that thrived in the area in the 1800s. Seminoles raided and burned the sugar mill in 1835.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company Site

On January 24, 1935, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company produced the very first can of beer in America.

Gottfried Krueger immigrated to America from Germany in 1853 eventually opening his own brewery at age 27.

Eventually called the Krueger Brewing Co, ...