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History Prehistoric data from several disciplines Gulf of Mexico shelf extending one hundred miles to the west of Sarasota that was above water fifteen thousand years ago when humans began occupation of Florida Gulf of Mexico shelf extending one hundred miles to the west of Sarasota that was above water fifteen thousand years ago when humans began occupation of Florida Fifteen thousand years ago, when humans began to occupy Florida, the Gulf of Mexico was one hundred miles to the west. The accompanying graphic depicts the ancient shoreline in light blue. In this time period, hunting and gathering was the primary means of subsistence. This could only take place in areas where water sources existed for hunter and prey alike. Deep springs and catchment basins such as Warm Mineral Springs were close enough to the Sarasota area to provide camp sites but not enough for permanent settlements. A more welcoming climate advanced southward in Florida as the Pleistocene glaciers began to melt and sea levels began rising the 350 feet necessary to provide the current shoreline. Archeological research in Sarasota documents more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native peoples. For five thousand years while the current sea level existed, harvesting the bounty of Sarasota Bay was the primary source of protein. Europeans began to explore the area in the early 1500s. The first recorded contact was in 1513, when a Spanish expedition landed at Charlotte Harbor, just to the south. When the natives encountered the Spaniards, they insulted them in Spanish before a preemptive attack. Apparently, some of their members had enough contact previously with the Spaniards to learn the language and—not to trust them. Shell Beach jewels on Sarasota Bay Later, on adjacent parcels of Shell Beach where Ellen and Ralph Caples built their winter retreat, Mable and John Ringling built their compound that would soon include the museum, and Edith and Charles Ringling built a compound that included a home for their daughter, Hester Ringling Landcaster Sandford. The next large Shell Beach parcel, immediately to the north, passed between Ellen Caples, Mable and John Ringling and a few others several times without development until 1947 as the Uplands. Some other historic names associated with that parcel are, Bertha Potter Palmer, her sons Lockwood and Honore, and A. B. Edwards, whose names are featured as familiar street names. The tract abbutting that parcel was replatted in 1925 as Seagate, where Gwendolyn and Powel Crosley built their winter retreat in 1929. All of these historic homes and the museum have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The now-historic neighborhood of Indian Beach Sapphire Shores grew immediately to the south of the area where these grand homes were built on the bay. Sapphire Shores provided homes to the professionals and retirees who wished to be, or were, closely associated with these wealthiest residents of the community. Indian Beach, which had been a separate community at one time, even contained pioneer homes that persisted among the fashionable new homes built in the boom era of the 1920s. Sarasota Florida has many fun things to do such as, enjoy tennis, sightseeing, fishing, lodging, golf, Hotels, beautiful beaches, real estate and don't forget the wonderful weather, we look forward to seeing you here. The quaint shops, fantastic restaurants, comfortable Bed and Breakfasts! If you want it, our site probably has it! Sarasota real estate in Sarasota, Florida for sale. Homes for sale. Homes for rent. Buy homes. Buy real estate Sarasota, Florida. A visitor and new residents guide to buy real estate, buy homes, Single Family Homes, waterfront, golf, golf homes, gated communities, golf course homes, luxury homes, second homes, vacation homes, investment property and commercial real estate in the Sarasota, area of Florida
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