page_title: San Antón de Carlos
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: San Antón de Carlos / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/255368 Local call number: KOR0355 Title: Koreshans walking on Calusa-built mounds on Mound Key Date: ca. 1900 Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&amp;w - 5 x 7 in. Series Title: Koreshan Unity Collection Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL, 32399-0250 USA, Contact: 850.245.6700, Archives@dos.myflorida.com
context_page_description: San Antonio de Carlos, established in 1567, was the first Jesuit mission in the New World. The site is located in what is now Mound Key Archaeological State Park off Estero Bay in Florida and what was the cultural center of the Calusa or Calos people, who lived in the area for more than 2,000 years.
context_section_description: In 1697, Franciscan friars attempted to convert the Calusa people. Their naked and dead bodies were found inside their canoes in the Florida Keys. Most of the Calusa people died off as the result of disease and warfare from armed local tribes around 1750. Any remaining people went to Cuba or the Florida Keys by the end of the 18th century. Fisherman and pirates occupied the site until the late 19th century. In 1891, the land was homesteaded by Frank Johnson. In 1905, the Johnson's land, and that of others who moved into the area, was sold to the utopian group, the Koreshans. It is now an archaeological site.
caption: Koreshans walking on Calusa-built mounds on Mound Key, around 1900.
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