During the war, then second-lieutenant William Tecumseh Sherman was stationed at Fort Pierce.

The park is also the site of an ancient burial mound of the Ais Indian tribe which extended from Cape Canaveral to the Saint Lucie inlet.

This site once had a natural spring which made it a popular location for the Ais Indians and later for Spanish sailors who would stop here occasionally to refill their water jars before making the transatlantic crossing back to Spain.

(1500-1750) It is not uncommon to find Spanish relics mixed with Indian potsherds in the river at that location.

This article about a property in St. Lucie County, Florida on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.