According to the Marco Island Historical Museum, the first humans to set foot in swampy, mosquito and alligator infested Southwest Florida were the Calusa people.
Found on the northern end of Marco Island in 1896 during an expedition led by a renowned archeologist named Frank Hamilton Cushing, the Key Marco Cat is considered a true gem a once in a lifetime, or more, find discovered during the early days of the science of archeology. Just six inches tall and carved out of some sort of hardwood, the Cat, and the many other objects that were discovered alongside it, represent the most comprehensive and spectacular collection of pre-Columbian Native American material culture ever discovered in Florida.
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