City: Hobe Sound   County: Martin   Year: 1961
Location: Jonathan Dickinson State Park, at park entrance of

Three miles to the east on Sept. 23, 1696, the British barkentine Reformation foundered off Jupiter Island. The 24 survivors included a party of Quakers bound from Jamaica to Pennsylvania. Leader of the Quakers was Jonathan Dickinson who described the trials of the group in his book, "God's Protecting Providence", the first account of Indians on the southeast coast. Attacked by Indians and driven northward, the party arrived at St. Augustine in November, 1696.

"Scenic view of Kitching Creek at the Jonathan Dickinson State Park near Hobe Sound, Florida."

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