The Fight to Preserve Biscayne National Park
The area that is now Biscayne National Park was once considered a wasteland and worthless - but the Jones family, newly freed from slavery, saw the value it had. They purchased three islands there and created both a home and a lucrative business. When business tycoons finally realized the locations monetary worth, they fought hard to gain control of the land to develop high rises and oil refineries. Sir Lancelot Jones wasn’t willing to give up his land without a fight, and today remains a large part of why Biscayne National Park exists.
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Sources Articles -
- Sir Lancelot Jones: The Black farmer who inspired a US park
- The Joneses of Porgy Key:: Arthur and Lancelot - Biscayne National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
- The Joneses of Porgy Key: The Early Years - Biscayne National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
- Biscayne | The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Ken Burns | PBS
- A Florida City That Never Was (Published 2012)
- bird list - Biscayne National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
- http://www.georgewright.org/351scott.pdf
- https://archive.org/details/biscaynenational0000lloy/page/67/mode/1up
- Marine conservation programs, maritime archeology training
- Home - MahoganyYouth.org
Book: Biscayne National Park: It Almost Wasn’t by Lloyd Miller
