A chronological journey through the history of Brevard County and the Indian River Lagoon
Paleo-Indian hunters, the lagoon's ancient cultures, and the shell middens that still tell their story.
The people who gave the Indian River its name — their lagoon life, Spanish contact, and disappearance.
Ponce de León, the Treasure Coast shipwrecks, the missions, and the Spanish legacy on the lagoon.
The pioneer families, the Homestead Act, and the hard frontier life that built every town on the lagoon.
When the lagoon was the highway — and the ghost pilings that still stand in the water today.
When the lagoon was citrus country, the Great Freezes of 1894–95, and the legacy that survives today.
Henry Flagler, the Overseas Railroad, and how railroads shaped Florida's east coast.
The quiet, rural Brevard of the 1940s and '50s — citrus, cattle, fishing, and the calm before the storm.
Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, and the environmental restoration around the Merritt Island spaceport.
From the Ais people to NASA — the lagoon's extraordinary human history and conservation story.
Ghost towns, lost citrus communities, and places moved for the space program — and how nature reclaimed them.
A vision of a restored lagoon, the technology that can help, the next generation, and your role in the future.
From a 1950s navy dock to one of the world's busiest multi-use ports — and its balance with the lagoon.
The cruise boom, the economic impact, the environmental challenges, and the path to greener cruising.
The planned world-class aquarium — a window to the lagoon, a center for education, conservation, and research.
