Here are a couple of pictures that remind me of Arlington, in my minds eye, when man first came here at the end of the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago. The geological history of Florida, to me, is fascinating. And with the St Johns River being an unusual river that flows north and south the land to the east of it is interesting -- especially that small chunk of land now called Arlington. Arlington formed just south of the river when the St. Johns turned east and emptied back into the sea. Geologically speaking the coastal lands of Florida are very young. Arlington was formed among an ancient intracoastal lagoon system, interspersed with coastal dunes and beach ridges divided by swales. Approximately 10,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age Arlington had few trees and was covered with grasslands and scrub vegetation. As the St. Johns River turned east, with the vast open space to the north and the Atlantic Ocean fairly close by, the prevailing winds shaped the ancient dune ridge in to high bluffs creating an undulating landscape. As the climate began to warm these ancient beach ridges became covered with trees and other vegetation. If one could stand on top of the old Thrill Hill and look around, before it was developed, the picture Im trying to paint with words would reveal itself. The Timucua word for wind is haca. So, you might say that all of Arlington, a land shaped by the wind, could be referred to as, Hacamocha -- the place we gather, shaped by the wind. Thats my breezy translation.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:09:02 +0000
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