Historical Documents

Written by Ben Sesler, 1980.  

The area which in Danish times became known as St. George was first cultivated by Arawak Indians. Using fragile tools of bone and stone they slashed and burned the virgin forests, planted crops, and made shelters from sun, wind, and rain. The Spanish in Puerto Rico forced the Indians living on St. Croix to leave the homes they had built.

By Barbara O'Connor Cox, 1995

The rather extensive 23-acre St. George Site was a prehistoric village. A portion of this site is located on the property of the St. George Village Botanical Garden (Figure #1) on the island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

By George F. Tyson 1993

In Spring 1992 the Board of Directors of the St. George Village Botanical Garden asked the author to undertake archival research in Copenhagen, Washington D.C. and St. Croix for the purpose of locating and copying primary source documentation necessary for  reconstructing the history of St. George plantation during the period of Danish rule (1734-1917)