10/12/2026
Long before St. Augustine was founded, the Timucua called this region home. 🌿
The Timucua were the Indigenous people who inhabited much of present-day Northeast and Central Florida and Southwest Georgia. Living in villages, they built palm-thatched homes, grew corn, fished local waterways and traded with neighboring communities.
Their history is also one of resilience amid colonization, disease and conflict, which dramatically reduced their population by the 1600s. Today, their story remains an important part of understanding the people and cultures that shaped Florida’s Historic Coast.
This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, learn more about the Timucua and the first peoples of St. Johns County here: https://bit.ly/nativeamericanheritagehcc
Shown: An engraving from Theodor de Bry’s "Grand Voyages," traditionally attributed to artwork by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, a member of the short-lived French colony at Fort Caroline in present-day Jacksonville. Although often inaccurate and shaped by European perspectives and efforts to promote colonization, these engravings are among the earliest known European depictions of Florida and its Indigenous peoples.
📸 Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida
