Show I of y A a. a NEW PALEFACE HUNTING GROUNDS In the exotic tropical setting selling of Key Biscayne once an Indian hunting and fishing ground bent Treasure palefaces now find easy hunting in their quest for rest relaxation and recreation STEEPED IN HISTORY Old Indian Stomping Ground Becomes New Nev Vacation Gem Features MIAMI FLA Where centuries ago Tequesta Indians fished and hunted palefaces today seek sun tans midst the luxury of loafing under coconut palm trees on a tropic isle I of f idyllic contentment This newest Gulf vacation vacation vaca- vaca I tion ion gem is provided in Dade county's new 11 million dollar C ai don park on Key Biscayne a scant minute 10 drive from rom downtown Miami via the equally new six million dollar dol- dol lar br C causeway Both park k- k and c io mile four m i span pan from om the Miami mainland to the ocean via Virginia Key and Key Biscayne will be formally opened November 9 10 and 11 with the Tequesta festival The celebration is named amed for the Tequesta Indians who Who were the first known residents of the area now called Miami I The out world this of world this setting of this naturally exotic public playground playground play play- ground ground studded with more than 1000 10 00 coconut pa palm m trees part of a extensive copra plantation wretches is s volumes into the past Its two mile expanse of reef-protected reef ocean b bathing thing beach for centuries heard on only y the lush swish of palm fronds fronds and surf or the scream of sea ea birds Ponce de Leon first tourist to I discover the extra something south Florida offers in climate and sunshine is believed to have stopped of off at Ke Key Biscayne in 1513 after a brief halt bait at the mouth of St. St Johns John's river at pres- pres nt Jacksonville Jackson History shows shou's that after exploring that area area he sailed southward along the Florida rida east cast coast tarrying at St. St Augustine then continuing to an island he named Santa 1 Marta arta South Florida authorities after an n extensive study of coast surveys along long the Dade county coast are inclined in- in inclined lined to believe the Santa Marta discovered by Ponce de Leon was named amed Cayo or Key Biscayne Biscayne Bis- Bis cayne ayne now site of the new park Just 40 years ago Key Biscayne 1 figured prominently when the Span- Span sh explorer Escalante de Fonten Fonten- ada da recorded the presence there of the ic Tequesta Indian tribe was the lone surviving crew rew member of a galleon wrecked ofT ff Key Biscayne Captured by the part of the Colusa federation federation feder- feder tion he was held in slavery Cormany for Cor many nany years but was allowed to roam oam at will within the territory ruled over by the Long Longa a disciple of Ponce de Leon he the length and width of ofey Key ey cy Biscayne time and again inan in inan inn an n attempt to emulate his predecessors predecessor's predecessors predecessor's I cessor's quest for health and everlasting everlasting ever ever- lasting youth Theres There's no known record complete complete complete com com- with skull and cross bones of buried burled treasure on romantic Key althou although b pieces of cl b or pirate doubloons may maybe maybe maybe be hen h den beneath the golden olden sands where cover girls and their bronzed escorts today absorb absorb absorb ab ab- ab- ab their vitamins from the sky Ite Regardless ardless of the mystery I V qt lack of buried burled treasure there's theres pleasure trove for all lucky toilers loners on the two million square feet of or super bathing beach at Crandon park Black Caesar notorious marauder of the Florida Keys operated in this vicinity This doughty highwayman of the waves frequently hid his plunder ship behind wooded isles such as Key Biscayne to stalk unwary unwary unwary un un- wary merchantmen en route to Havana Havana Havana Ha Ha- vana Spain's Queen City of the An An- tilles titles Perhaps some of Black Caesars Caesar's ill gamed loot now moul moul- ders near the southern end of the island Another linking of Key Biscayne to the Florida that was is the old Cape Florida lighthouse A landmark landmark landmark land land- mark in the keys this lofty hurricane hurricane hurricane hurri hurri- cane defier was built in 1826 Unfriendly Unfriendly Unfriendly Un Un- friendly marauding Indians set fire to the structure in the same century century century cen cen- tury killed one Negro slave wounded wound wound- ed the white lighthouse keeper The tower for many years erroneously known as Old Spanish Light was abandoned in 1876 but it still stands a monument to the past a century beacon to modern modem counterparts counterparts counterparts counter counter- parts of Ponce de Leon Yes Key Biscayne site of Crandon Crandon Crandon Cran Cran- don park is truly an island packed with pleasure trove a recreational recreation recreation- al treasure chest laden with rich prizes of nature for Dade county residents and their visitors |