NO. 13 ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN FLORIDA — FEWKES 3 



upon it many years. Dr. Weeden planted many trees in available 

 places and harvested good crops of citrus fruits on tracts of land that 

 formerly were low shell heaps. He was also interested in the Indian 

 mounds, and made a small collection of objects while living on his 

 property, which is now (1924) installed in the Tampa Chamber of 

 Commerce. His lifelong interest in the island and its aboriginal in- 

 habitants is known to local archeologists and historians. He recog- 



CLUSTER OF MOUNDS 



AT 



WEEDEN ISLAND 

 TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA 



Fig. I, 



nized the great possibilities of his island as a recreation place and 

 made an application to the United States government to have it 

 reserved as a National Park. Dr. Weeden's homestead, which stood 

 on the site of the present cafe and tower, was torn down in December, 

 1923. Many of the citrus trees were probably planted before his 

 time, for it is not unusual in Florida to find a grove of lime and 

 orange trees in an uninhabited place or on a deserted farm. 



Weeden Island (fig. i) is now owned by the Boulevard and Bay 

 Land Development Company, under Mr. E. M. Elliott and associates. 



