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== History == [[File:Robert Parsell Davie 001.jpg|thumb|alt=Robert Parsell Davie- founder of Davie Florida|R.P. Davie]] Prior to European colonization, the [[Tequesta]] were the [[Native Americans in the United States|indigenous people]] of what is now Davie. A few campsites and graves have been found in Davie, the oldest dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years in Pine Island Ridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-08-17-9101310587-story.html|title = Ridge Yields Evidence of Campsite in 5000 B.c.}}</ref> After Spanish colonization, many of the Tequesta died and the remaining few either escaped to [[Havana]] with the Spanish when [[East Florida|Florida became a British colony]], or they assimilated into the newly arrived [[Seminole]]s in the late 18th century.<ref>Tebeau, p. 45.</ref> At the turn of the 20th century, when the state of Florida reclaimed {{convert|156|sqmi|sqkm}} of swampland, out-of-state businessman Robert Parsell Davie purchased {{convert|44|sqmi|sqkm}}, to develop farms and establish the town of "'''Zona'''"; within a few years, the townspeople renamed it "Davie" in his honor.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Ed |last=Allen |title=Signs of the past: Meet the remarkable R.P. Davie - Daily Independent |work=The Daily Independent |location=[[Sun City, Arizona]] |date=December 23, 2022 |url=https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/signs-of-the-past-meet-the-remarkable-rp-davie,351869 |access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref>
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