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Line 31: == History == Prior to European settlement, the area had for thousands of years been the home to ~~native~~Native American tribes like the extinct [[Timucua]]. They left behind a rich archaeological history in the form of large [[midden]]s of freshwater shellfish, which they deposited along the banks of the St. Johns River and Lake George. The Bluffton Mound and [[Midden]] at the Bluffton Recreation Area in Lake George State Forest is one such example.<ref name=DOF/> Lake George State Forest is formed from lands previously resourced for timber, production of naval stores, cattle grazing, and hunting. [[Taxodium distichum\|Cypress]] logging, by way of canals dug into the swampland, occurred up until 1910. The 1930s saw much of the land forested with [[longleaf pine\|longleaf]] and [[slash pine]], or left in service of the [[Florida cracker]] cattle industry. After decades of aggressive harvesting, the 1960s saw reforestation efforts again plant slash pine.<ref name=DOF/> Line 60: * [http://www.volusia.org/birding/george.htm Lake George State Forest: Volusia County] {{Protected ~~Areas~~areas of Florida}} [[Category:Florida state forests]]

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