Tucked away off Gandy Boulevard in north St. Petersburg, sits an astonishing historic treasure – Weedon Island. Hidden behind the mangroves is a land that housed a native culture hundreds of years before the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s.

Join us on Thursday, July 10 for Happy Happy with the Historian as Dr. Kendall Jackson presents Weedon Island: Gateway to the Past.

Dr. Jackson will discuss how in the 1920s researchers from the Smithsonian excavated the area, focusing on a burial mound. They discovered pottery that can be traced throughout the Southeast, from southwestern Georgia and Alabama to the Weedon Island Preserve.

Dr. Kendall Jackson is an archaeologist at AWIARE and is a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida. His research is focused on the deep history of Tampa Bay, including the evolution of the estuary system over the past 10,000 years, Indigenous cultures and land use systems, and the rapid transformation of the region across the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

Happy Hour with the Historian is presented by Southern Roots Realty. Seating is limited, so register today!

Presented by Southern Roots Realty, Happy Hour with the Historian is frequently sold out, so please purchase tickets in advance. Admission without advanced purchase cannot be guaranteed.