9,700 acres tell stories of Florida’s past – Research News https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/9700-acres-tell-stories-of-floridas-past/
It was home to Native Americans as early as 12,000 B.C., then settlers during the Civil War. Its pine trees contributed to the early 20th century turpentine industry, and for millennia its plants and wildlife have been fueled by an unlikely life source—forest fires. The 9,700-acre Ordway-Swisher
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