The Mound House

Florida Native American Heritage Trail

The oldest standing structure on Fort Myers Beach sits on the crest of a Calusa shell mound overlooking Estero Bay. Walk inside the mound to view interspersed layers of shell and earth used to construct the ...

Indian Mound Park (Paulsen Point)

This site, now a Sarasota County park, was a site of regional authority occupied from approximately 3,000 to 650 years ago. Ancient people were attracted to this particular area of land because of the abundance of seafood, the mainstay of ...

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. ...

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, ...

Safety Harbor Mound, Philippe Park

Within the boundaries of Philippe Park and jutting out over Old Tampa Bay is the National Historic Landmark Safety Harbor site, which includes a large temple mound.

The site was a ceremonial center for nearly 500 years, beginning about 1,000 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Hontoon Island State Park

In the middle of the St. Johns River, 2,000-year-old shell midden mounds are found along the shoreline and in the interior of Hontoon Island. Intricately carved wooden animal effigies have been recovered from these midden mounds.

Trails through the island ...