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Dr. Andrew Turnbull determined to establish an agricultural colony, naming it "Smyrnea
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New Smyrna BEach Florida
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1,400 people left the port city of Mahon in Minorca on eight ships
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Smyrna_Beach,_FloridaMost hailed from the Balearic Islands -
the colony was in existence, these hard-working Mediterranean peoples suffered major losses due to malnutrition, diseases, inclement weather, harsh treatment and skirmishes with Native Americans.
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in 1777, the remaining disgruntled workers walked north to St. Augustine along the Old King's Highway, abandoning the “Smyrnea” colony forever
http://nsbfla.com/thingstodo.cfm/mode/sitesclaim mistreatment by Turnbull to the Governor of Florida, which was then a British protectorate -
Soon after, St. Augustine was returned to the Spanish, and Turnbull abandoned his colony for life in Charleston, South Carolina
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New Smyrna has stood under four flags: first the British, then the Spanish, then the American flag in 1845, followed by the Confederate Jack, and finally replaced by the Stars and Stripes again
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1860s the still-standing "Stone Wharf" was shelled by Union gunboats
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In 1887, the Town of New Smyrna was incorporated, with a population of 150. In 1892, the arrival of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway led to an increase in the area's population and a boom in its economy, which was based on tourism, citrus, and c
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During Prohibition in the 1920s the city and its river islands were popular sites for moonshine stills and hideouts for rum-runners coming in from the Bahamas through Mosquito
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New Smyrna" became "New Smyrna Beach" in 1947, when the city annexed the seaside community of Coronado Beach
