There is an area here called the Bluffton Mound and Midden we did not find it. Some say the state used it to make roads. There is rumor that at one time the mound was 20 feet in height and 30 acres in size which would make it one of the largest mounds in Florida.  But we did find the site of an Indian village. Its also the site of a ancient wall built out of shells. The wall is about 3 feet high and goes for hundreds. Some say it was used to protect the crops planted by the Indians when the St. Johns River flooded or from waves. 

Research also tells us that this area was one of the largest native American settlements in central Florida. The tribes made tools and pottery. They gathered shells from the local lakes, streams, springs, and the St. Johns River. They ate snails which was the primary food then they would discard the shells making a midden. 

Before 1910 the area was used for timber, naval stores production, grave of cattle and even  hunting. Logging canals were dug through the swamps to remove all the cypress. They called this area Orange Bluff and later Bluffton landing because products from local trucks, oranges from the groves, and shells from the midden were shipped out by boat.  You can see the pilings where the old dock use to be. At one time there was a plantation house back here it was your typical Florida farm with cattle, orange groves, and other products which could be shipped out all over Florida using the St. Johns river. 

 In the 1930s the area was used for cattle grazing and pines had consumed the area. Then in the 1960s slash pine was planed to replace all the long leaf and slash pines which were harvested over the years.

The area has alot of history, its very secluded and it has some strange activity not so much ghostly but I do think perhaps Sasquatch since its roughly 19000 acres out there which have not been explored by man in years. 

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