The Aucilla Rivermen

View of the Pinhook River     John E. Ladson III and George M. Cole Aucilla Research Institute The lower Aucilla River and its neighboring region have attracted human occupation for thousands of years. Its beautiful, mysterious waters, extensive forests and abundant fish and game first beckoned Native Americans, followed by European incursion, and eventually sparse settlement after Florida was ceded to the United States in 1819. The Seminoles were pushed out by the 1840’s,