{"id":510,"date":"2012-08-22T15:58:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T19:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=510"},"modified":"2012-09-03T19:22:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T23:22:27","slug":"past-in-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/?page_id=510","title":{"rendered":"Past in a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nWhen Spain’s Ponce De Le\u00f3n and crew sailed up the mighty SaintXJohns
\nIndians hunted under the “Tree Hill” oak canopy and palm fronds
\nThen the French Huguenots settled just to the east at SaintXJohns Bluff
\nUntil Spain’s Pedro Men\u00e9ndez decided they’d been there long enough.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n		\n(ca. 1513)
\n<\/span>
\n(ca. 1562)
\n<\/span>(ca. 1565)<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nFor another two hundred years both the Indians and Spanish roamed
\nUntil the English took over and Samuel Potts made it his home
\nBut the Spanish took the territory back and ruled Florida again
\nAnd Francis Richard came to settle the east shore with all of his kin.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n		\n(ca. 1763)
\n(ca. 1783)
\n(ca. 1795)<\/span><\/h5>\n
<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nRichard named his large Spanish Grant “Plantation Strawberry Hill”
\nAnd dammed several creeks to power both a grist and a saw mill
\nThis formed a big lake that made “Tree Hill” accessible mostly by boat
\nA little part of his farm “natures paradise” with its own private moat.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n		\n(ca. 1821)
\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nAfter Richard Jr.s’ death, the plantation went to John Sammis and Mary
\nHe kept the place going until the Civil War’s threat made him wary
\nLegend has it due to the war, his wealth was subject to be taken away
\nHe rowed to “Tree Hill” to bury his gold in a pot until a safer day.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n		\n(ca. 1840)<\/span><\/h5>\n

 <\/p>\n

(ca. 1862)
\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nWhen the war was over Sammis sold his land, then the dam washed out
\nThe land set idle until Alderman Realty Co.’s development came about
\nAlderman Realty divided land round “Tree Hill” into eight-acre farm lots
\nThe “Johnson’s” rode the ferry from town to see what they had bought.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n		\n(ca. 1873)
\n(ca. 1912)<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nThey cleared the land and called their new home “Red Bay Ranch & Dairy”
\nLouise ran the farm while Cleveland ran dredge boats next to the ferry
\nChildren; Bruce, Claris and Mary milked cows, plowed, and cut wood
\nFrom the land that they loved, they made a living the best that they could.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n		\n(ca. 1914)
\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nTime passed, Mary took over the farm, Claris opened Lone Star Stables
\nTaxes forced a sign “For Sale,” sell part and keep what they were able.
\nSome neighbors saw the sign and thought apartments would be a shame
\nPATH (Preservation Association of Tree Hill) was their group’s name.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n		\n(ca. 1943)
\n(ca. 1969)<\/span><\/h5>\n
<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nSo with public meetings, community spirit, and a lot of well laid plans
\nThey got everyone’s attention and thank God the state bought the land.
\nNow the land first inhabited by Indians and where early settlers stayed
\nIs saved for families to enjoy nature today as yesterday’s memories fade.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n		\n(ca. 1972\/98)<\/span><\/h5>\n

 
\n(2005)<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Written by Cleve Powell for Old Arlington, Inc. <\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Spain’s Ponce De Le\u00f3n and crew sailed up the mighty SaintXJohns Indians hunted under the “Tree Hill” oak canopy and palm fronds Then the French Huguenots settled just to the east at SaintXJohns Bluff Until Spain’s Pedro Men\u00e9ndez decided they’d been there long enough. (ca. 1513) (ca. 1562) (ca. 1565) For another two hundred […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":460,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-full.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":718,"href":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510\/revisions\/718"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/myarlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}