Mount Elizabeth Archeological Site, archaeological site in Florida
Mount Elizabeth Archeological Site is a mound in Jensen Beach, Florida, built over 4,500 years ago by ancient hunters and gatherers who used it for ceremonies and rituals. The site contains pottery fragments, tools, bones, and shells that show the daily activities and diet of people who lived along the Indian River and nearby waters.
The mound was built around 4,500 years ago and was used by different groups through about 800 AD for ceremonies and burials. In the 1800s, Henry William Racey acquired the land and his son built a house on the mound in 1891, which burned in 1921, followed later by the construction of the Tuckahoe mansion in the late 1930s.
The site was known as Racey's Tuckahoe and carries names reflecting its different owners and uses over time. Visitors walking through can sense how the land held meaning for ancient peoples through ceremonies and burials, and later became a social gathering place for families and community events.
The site is now part of Indian RiverSide Park covering 63 acres along the river, offering walking trails, picnic areas, and a fishing pier. The restored mansion provides free tours from October through May on certain weekdays by email reservation.
The Tuckahoe mansion was built in the late 1930s and served as housing for soldiers from nearby Camp Murphy during World War II. The building was later used by the Catholic Church as a training center and then by Florida Institute of Technology as administrative offices before the community acquired it in the late 1990s.
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