As long as I have lived in this town, I cant believe I have never heard of or have seen this site before. It wasnt until just recently when I have been looking into the history of the New Smyrna Colony. The Old Stone Wharf Archaeological Site is a historic site in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. On July 10, 2008, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The Old Stone Wharf was the center of town in the 1770s and was one of the first public works in Turnbulls New Smyrna colony. Two piers, made of two-foot blocks of coquina, are set into the shelly bank along South Riverside Drive at Clinch Street. Ballast stones, bottles, ship nails, and a cannon ball have been recovered from the site through the years. The remaining wharf is best seen at low tide. The Old Stone Wharf also marked the southern end of the Kings Highway (a route the Spanish laid in 1632, in part using traditional trails of Native Americans. They used it in the 17th century to connect the Spanish settlement of St. Augustine, Florida to Spanish colonies in Mexico. Initially the route ran from St. Augustine west through central Florida and may have gone through Fort McCoy. Later it may have run up the east coast of Florida before turning west. Leaving Florida it ran west to Texas and down to Mexico). Numerous early surveys of New Smyrna begin from this point.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:29:02 +0000
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