Original Florida Man
Dead white people....obviously racists.....
Really cool story though....wonder if they can run DNA on the bones and try to trace lineage to current folk?.
Bones of young children? Did St Augustine have a laundry for wayward young girls run by Irish nuns back then?
The spanish settlers left after the evil Brits took over .
The Brits were savages and would all have left .
killed there ..
Drake and his lot were evil .
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Wine shop?
Nah, it’s a pizza shop.
St.Augustine is the oldest city in the US
The powers that be keep it as pristine historically as they can.....
...even as a tourist attraction through many years it never got gaudy or embarrassing.
We go there often....
...it still retains that Olde World feel..
It use to be the ‘watering hole’ for the rich and famous......Henry Flagler built a beautiful hotel for them....
.....which now is used as Flagler College
There is even a replica of the Alhambra ( Spain) ....a millionaire built it for his private use
Fort de Soto is circa 1900’s
And there’s a Native American cemetery from the 1500’s nearby....
....so yes I believe there are bones from early times....
....as many diseases were around then.....esp tropical
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