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Marsh Harbour history  

Marsh Harbour history overview

Marsh Harbour history strats with the nautical discoveries of Christopher Columbus in the 1490s and the decision of Spain to establish a landed empire in the Caribbean after 1502.

For Marsh Harbour history these events initiated a process that is still ongoing in the area.

Two generations more than sixty-six per cent of the people living in the newly-created Spanish towns as well as in Marsh Harbour were mixtures between the conquering Spanish and African invaders and the subject populations.

Mixing of any sort remains a notable Marsh Harbour history characteristic.


 

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Since 1930s and '40s Marsh Harbour history, travelers have regarded Marsh Harbour as one of the most alluring of the Caribbeans.

Its beaches and carnal red sunsets regularly appear in the sort of tourist brochures that promise paradise.

Tourists enjoy today a pice of Marsh Harbour history, experiencing the three “pilons” - reggae, reefers and rum.

When looking for the Marsh Harbour history, perfect places to design your dream vacation in, these descriptions may provide just what you need.

 

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Marsh Harbour history - learn what once happend

The Abaco islands are a chain of islands and cays covered in pine forests, stretching in a curve for 130 miles from Walker's Cay in the N to Hole in the Wall in the S. The Taino name for Abaco was Lucayoneque, although the first Spanish reference to it was Habacoa, a name also used for Andros. The Spanish did not settle, but by 1550 they had kidnapped all the Indian inhabitants for slavery elsewhere and the islands remained uninhabited for 200 years, despite a brief French attempt at settlement in 1625 and visits by pirates and fishermen. In 1783 over 600 loyalists left New York for Abaco, settling first at Carleton (N of Treasure Cay beach but no longer visible) and then moving to Marsh Harbour. Other groups settled further S but all found it hard to make a living on the small pockets of soil and of the 2,000 who arrived in the 1780s, only about 400 (half white and half black) were left in 1790. Wrecking was a profitable pastime and Abaco was ideally placed on a busy shipping route to take advantage of its reefs and sand banks. Sponge, pineapple, sisal, sugar and lumber were later developed but never became big business. Wrecking also declined after the construction of lighthouses. The lighthouse on Elbow Cay at Hope Town was built in 1863, after the wreck in 1862 of the USS Adirondack, despite sabotage attempts by local people. By 1900 Hope Town was the largest town in the Abacos, with a population of 1,200 engaged in fishing, sponging, shipping and boat building. The boats made in Abaco were renowned for their design and the builders became famous for their construction skills. Boats, though made of fibreglass, are still made on Man-O-War Cay today. The inhabitants of Abaco continued to live barely at subsistence levels until after the Second World War, when the Owens-Illinois Corporation revived the lumber business, built roads and introduced cars. An airport was built at Marsh Harbour and banks arrived. When the pulpwood operation ended in the 1960s sugar replaced it but was short lived. Nowadays the major agribusiness is citrus from two huge farms which export their crop to Florida. Abaco has developed its tourist industry slowly and effectively and has a high employment rate. Resorts are small and the atmosphere is casual and friendly even in the most luxurious hotels. The main centre on Abaco is Marsh Harbour, which is the third largest town in the Bahamas (Pop 6,000). Its name reflects the swampy nature of much of Greater Abaco. The scrub and swamp give the island a rather desolate appearance, but like many islands, life revolves around the offshore cays and the coastal settlements. The area S of Marsh Harbour owes its development and particularly its roads to lumber companies. There are miles and miles of pine forests, secondary growth after the heavy logging earlier this century.

 

 

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