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Present-day Clearwater was originally the home of the Tocobagan Indian tribe. Around 1835,
the U.S. Army began construction of
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Fort Harrison as an outpost during the Seminole wars.
The fort was located on a bluff overlooking Clearwater Harbor
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in an area known today as
Harbor Oaks. University of South Florida archeologists excavated the site in 1977 after
Alfred C. Wyllie discovered an underground ammunition bunker while digging a swimming pool
on his estate.
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View north from Sand Key towards Clearwater BeachThe area's population grew in 1842, after
the Federal Armed Occupation Act of 1842 offered 160 acres to anyone who would bear arms
and cultivate the land. Early settlers included the Stevens, Stevenson and McMullen families,
who claimed and farmed
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large tracts of land. Prior to 1906, the area was known as
Clear Water Harbor. The name "Clear Water" is thought to have come from a fresh water
spring flowing from near where the City Hall building is located today. There were many
other freshwater springs that dotted the bayfront, many in the bay itself, which were the
reason for the crystal clear water found there.
Originally part of Hillsborough County, the first road joining Clearwater refinance
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and Tampa was built in 1849, which dramatically reduced the prior day-long commute between the cities. The first US Post Office for Pinellas County was built on the site of the present Turner Steet Dock Park, circa 1859.
During the civil war, Union gunboats repeatedly raided the city's supplies as most of
the able-bodied men were away fighting for the
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Confederate States of America army. The
city began booming in late 19th century, prompted by Henry B. Plant building the first
passenger railroad line into the city 1888. Clearwater
was
incorporated as a town in 1891 and James E. Crane became
the town's first mayor . The town's reputation as a tourist destination grew in popularity
when Plant built the Belleview Biltmore in 1897.
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