Situation/July/12/2007/ Lake Mary/Heathrow/Sanford Fl/ I-4 corridor.
At the intersection of HY46A(formally Payola rd.) and Orange Blvd.(Million dollar an acre Property). DIRECTLY across from the Back Gate Of (HEATHROW COUNTRY CLUB). The long gone town called Payola which housed workers for the railroad and turpentine industry back in the 1880 -1900s has quietly disappeared over the last century. THE ONE last thing to disappear will be the Old Payola cemetery. It stands at it corner(million$+) looking like just any other strip of woods and overgrowth waiting to be developed.
The body's of some of Florida's first Pioneer families are buried here.
This part of central fl. has seen vicious fighting between the Federal government and the Seminole Indian tribe.Some of these people may have had to fight native Americans and displace them so they could take there land. I myself am a wittiness to the large amount of Precolonial native artifacts found in the area. Some of these people were just poor Railroad workers and some merely poor worker form the lumber and turpentine industry. Not the kind of people who would even be welcome by todays Heathrow residents much less being deadnburied and rotted in there neighborhood. (OH MY) Oh a Daycare Center is to be built on this site.
We have the makings of Caddyshack meets Poltergeist "THE MOVIE" happening here.
The county commission has allready approved a permit to build the center.
The permit specifically allows them to build over without removal of the interred residents.
Heathrow residents are said to have said "We don't want the cemetery restored as it could effect our MILLION DOLLAR + property values. And God Forbid they put a cemetery outside our gated comunity".
These builders always seen to get permits to build over important archaeological sites. Including the I-4-bridge over The St .Johns river at Lake Monroe. The bridge went right over a well known and documented village that in the past had thousands inhabitants . That was a Royal burial mound. I have seen full skeletons which had been looted from 20 30 years before.
So why the big long story. This is proof that the government is only after the financial gain when getting involved in any form of archeology.
No money no interest. Shipwrecks equal GOLD so the GOVERMENT calls them Grave Sites and Says We Must Protect them from treasure hunters.
So now let me throw in the possibility that one grave has in it the (Documented) lost payroll of gold coins meant for Fort Mellon 1830-40 something and allegedly lost in an Indian raid up river. This treasure if found would now be worth 20 to 50 million in rare early US and spanish gold coins. Do we have to give back the spanish ones and keep the Us coins. Or would the State Of Florida CLAIM IT ALL.
This is a REAL DOCUMENTED TREASURE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.
So is the treasure there, i don t know.
If I go metal detecting at this important archaeological site i will probably will be arrested for grave robbing ,looting,desecration of grave sites-etc.etc.etc. and if convicted get 20 years in jail+
But a Owner and Builder can get a permit to complete destroy the whole site without any thought about THE LOST HISTORY OF FLORIDA.
I Saw the Same thing in NEW SMYRNA BEACH when they bulldosed a ship of discovery(no gold) right off the beach and into a dump truck to be hauled off to a land fill.
They knew exactly what they were doing.
They are the GOVERMENT and they are here to HELP..................................... Please repost and spread the word
Capt.Michael C Maguire
Once and future Treasue Hunter
At the intersection of HY46A(formally Payola rd.) and Orange Blvd.(Million dollar an acre Property). DIRECTLY across from the Back Gate Of (HEATHROW COUNTRY CLUB). The long gone town called Payola which housed workers for the railroad and turpentine industry back in the 1880 -1900s has quietly disappeared over the last century. THE ONE last thing to disappear will be the Old Payola cemetery. It stands at it corner(million$+) looking like just any other strip of woods and overgrowth waiting to be developed.
The body's of some of Florida's first Pioneer families are buried here.
This part of central fl. has seen vicious fighting between the Federal government and the Seminole Indian tribe.Some of these people may have had to fight native Americans and displace them so they could take there land. I myself am a wittiness to the large amount of Precolonial native artifacts found in the area. Some of these people were just poor Railroad workers and some merely poor worker form the lumber and turpentine industry. Not the kind of people who would even be welcome by todays Heathrow residents much less being deadnburied and rotted in there neighborhood. (OH MY) Oh a Daycare Center is to be built on this site.
We have the makings of Caddyshack meets Poltergeist "THE MOVIE" happening here.
The county commission has allready approved a permit to build the center.
The permit specifically allows them to build over without removal of the interred residents.
Heathrow residents are said to have said "We don't want the cemetery restored as it could effect our MILLION DOLLAR + property values. And God Forbid they put a cemetery outside our gated comunity".
These builders always seen to get permits to build over important archaeological sites. Including the I-4-bridge over The St .Johns river at Lake Monroe. The bridge went right over a well known and documented village that in the past had thousands inhabitants . That was a Royal burial mound. I have seen full skeletons which had been looted from 20 30 years before.
So why the big long story. This is proof that the government is only after the financial gain when getting involved in any form of archeology.
No money no interest. Shipwrecks equal GOLD so the GOVERMENT calls them Grave Sites and Says We Must Protect them from treasure hunters.
So now let me throw in the possibility that one grave has in it the (Documented) lost payroll of gold coins meant for Fort Mellon 1830-40 something and allegedly lost in an Indian raid up river. This treasure if found would now be worth 20 to 50 million in rare early US and spanish gold coins. Do we have to give back the spanish ones and keep the Us coins. Or would the State Of Florida CLAIM IT ALL.
This is a REAL DOCUMENTED TREASURE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.
So is the treasure there, i don t know.
If I go metal detecting at this important archaeological site i will probably will be arrested for grave robbing ,looting,desecration of grave sites-etc.etc.etc. and if convicted get 20 years in jail+
But a Owner and Builder can get a permit to complete destroy the whole site without any thought about THE LOST HISTORY OF FLORIDA.
I Saw the Same thing in NEW SMYRNA BEACH when they bulldosed a ship of discovery(no gold) right off the beach and into a dump truck to be hauled off to a land fill.
They knew exactly what they were doing.
They are the GOVERMENT and they are here to HELP..................................... Please repost and spread the word
Capt.Michael C Maguire
Once and future Treasue Hunter
This satisfies the EIRs and winers, because, theoretically, the site is preserved, and can, someday 100s of years from now, be investigated for futures generations to see. But from a builders perspective, capping must be a nuisance, and add much expense. I mean, the plumbing, compacting of the soil for the base work, etc... would become a big engineering hassle, it seems.
