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Approximately seven thousand years ago, during the
Archaic Period, indigenous people found plentiful fish and shellfish at this site in the shelter of a barrier island to the east. The site was inhabited approximately twelve hundred years ago by the Timucuans, whose descendants were discovered there
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The
British occupation began in 1763 when Great Britain received Florida from Spain in a trade. The site of the village of Nocoroco was part of a British land-grant called Mt. Oswald, held by Richard Oswald. His plantation grew indigo and rice. After its return to the Spanish in 1783, the area
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Nocoroco in 1605, just as European acculturation had begun. Mexia's expedition explored down the east coast of Florida at the behest of the Spanish governor. This late St. Johns period site represents one of the last Timucuan strongholds in northeastern Florida. The only traces of these
290:. The fountain is Marsh's artistic interpretation of the legend of Tomokie, whose arrogance in drinking from a sacred spring was paid for with his life and those of all his band. According to information at the site, references to the legend date back more than one hundred years.
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563:. Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs. July 29, 2008.
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Boyd, Marie E. M. "The Legend of
Tomokie". flyer. Tomoka State Park.
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National
Register of Historic Places in Volusia County, Florida
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503:"Tomoka State Park". brochure. Florida Park Service. 2006.
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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