[2] It is located within the Weedon Island Preserve, in the northern portion of the city of St. Petersburg, on the western coast of Old Tampa Bay.

At that time there was no bridges across Tampa Bay so they traveled here with their belongings by boat and brought everything back home for the week days.

In 1923–24 the island was visited by a Florida archaeologist, Dr. Leslie Weedon preserved Indian mounds here and hoped that they would one day be a place of public heritage.

In 1934, Florida land boom developer Eugene M. Elliot wanted to make the residential community but failed.

The airport was served by Pitcairn a predecessor of Eastern Air Lines taking passengers to places such as Miami, New York City and Washington, D.C. until the 1930s.

Many performers included: Buster Keaton, Olive Borden, Greta Nissen, James Kirkwood with locals being extras.

During World War II, the island's airport was converted into a military base due to a surge in aircraft demand.

[4] In 1970 the Greek Oil Tanker Dellan Apollon almost ran aground while trying to dock at the power plant on the island.

On March 25, 2000 on a clear day a helicopter was returning form St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa and hit a radio tower guy wire and crashed into the mangroves on the island with all three people on board.