Sawfish Bay Historical

Sawfish Bay Historical (HM1TT5)

Location: Jupiter, FL 33477 Palm Beach County
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Country: United States of America
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N 26° 56.646', W 80° 5.54'

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The waterfront location of today's Sawfish Bay Park played a major role in the prehistoric and historic settlement of the Jupiter area. First inhabited during the Archaic Period 5,000 years ago, this site provided access to an intricate transportation system within the Everglades region. Marine life sustained these early peoples until contact with European diseases devastated the local population in the 1700s. The earliest historic written record of human activity on the site was the Cabot Home, first settled by Frederick M. Cabot II in 1892. By 1894 this site became the center of commerce when a railroad spur, which is still evident, connected the river community of Jupiter to the northeastern United States. The wharves, general stores, depots, post office, granary, fish house and warehouses that followed shifted the town west from the southern banks of the Jupiter Inlet. The Jupiter School, built here in 1901 next to the home of the first mayor, John Ziegler, was used until 1910. The pioneer children were transported to school in a lifeboat from the battleship U.S.S. Maine, which exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, igniting the Spanish American War. The large Cabot Oak tree on the property is over 200 years old.
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HM NumberHM1TT5
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Year Placed2006
Placed ByThe Town of Jupiter and the Florida Department of State
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Date Added Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 at 1:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 590101 N 2980567
Decimal Degrees26.94410000, -80.09233333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 26° 56.646', W 80° 5.54'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds26° 56' 38.76" N, 80° 5' 32.4" W
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Area Code(s)561
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 967 FL A1AAlt, Jupiter FL 33477, US
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