A Light in the Wilderness

<p>You can't miss the red tower when at Jupiter Inlet in Florida. But many passers-by are unaware that it sits atop a hill that marked the confluence of two waterways that was the center of 5000 years of Indian civilization. It would later draw a succession of Spanish English Seminole Indians and American soldiers. When the lighthouse was built in 1860 it became a hub for builders surveyors Civil War blockade runners pioneer farmers and paddlewheel steamboats. <em>A Light in the Wilderness</em> tells how today's coastal strip of over seven million residents began just a few generations ago when bears panthers and alligators roamed and ruled. </p><p><br></p>