Structural Remnants at Watson Place3D ModelNoAI
The Watson Place Complex (EVER 4, 8MO63) is a historic settlement site atop prehistoric shell works and an earthen mound complex location. The exposed historic ruins at the site are found at the river margin and include an area known to relate to Ed Watson’s historic homestead. Part of the house that was still standing was brought down by Hurricane Donna in 1960. A prominent site in the Everglades National Park, the infamous Edgar J. “Ed” Watson settled on the shell mound in the 1890s, and with a reputation as a dangerous man, a mob would kill Watson in 1910 for alleged murder(s). Watson was also a successful farmer, growing sugar cane and making syrup. He had a large house and built structures for workmen, boat storage, and a tool and repair shop. All that remains at the site today are an old syrup kettle in a brick furnace, part of the steam boiler that powered the cane mill for syrup, brick features relating to a boiling shed, and concrete pillars from now-removed buildings.
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