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Timeless creeks date as far back as Ponce de Leon 1500's

Timeline - Events that shaped the
River's History in the vicinity of Astor

3000 - 1000 BC - Middle Archaic period; evidence suggests that human habitation near the St. Johns River first occurred during this era

AD 1502 - Map of Florida by
Cantino, describes unique vegetation rafts in the St. Johns River by originally naming the river the Rio de las Almadias (River of Rafts).
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1838 - Map of Florida shows Township of Volusia established on the east bank of the St. John's River

???? - Fort Butler

???? - Fort Volusia

???? - John Jacob Astor purchases 12000 acres and develops Manhattan

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