Perico, Florida

[2] Pompoon was accompanied by two other fisherman named: Phillippi Bermudez and Manuel Olivella who lived and worked on the island.

[4] Archeologist Gordon Willey determined that Timucuan Indians lived and fished on Perico for several generations.

[7] In addition to its fishing culture, the island quickly filled with orange grove tracts as well as pineapple and guava farms.

[8][9] The north end of the island remained undeveloped, comprising over 100 acres of pine timber land.

Those that used the island as a residence or for farmland traveled back and forth between the mainland by driving across flats in the bayou at low tide or by boat.