Learn about the true Volusia County natives

Posted On: April 1, 2022

Felipe De Paula, curator of the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse and Museum, will discuss the lifestyles and history of the Timucua and Mayaca people at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library.

Neither group exists today, having been decimated by war and disease after contact with European settlers. Evidence of their habitation can still be seen in various areas of Volusia County such as the large shell middens at Tomoka State Park in Ormond Beach and Turtle Mound in the Canaveral National Seashore Park.

Registration is not required. For more information, call 386-424-2910, option 3.