Editing Treasure Island, Florida (section)

==History==
The area of Treasure Island was originally settled in small communities by the [[Tocobaga]] around 300 CE.  The [[Timucua]] traded with other [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes in the area until the arrival of [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] in 1528.  De Narváez decimated the indigenous people before leaving the area in search of gold.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

Treasure Island got its name early in the 20th century, after several property owners attempted to boost sales of the properties being developed on the island by first burying and then pretending to discover a couple of wooden chests on the beach around 1915. After claiming the chests were filled with treasure, the news of the discovery quickly spread and people began calling the island Treasure Island.<ref>[http://treasureislandflorida.org/history.htm Treasure Island Florida.org] accessed December 29, 2010.</ref>

With an elevation of only three feet, the [[Great Gale of 1848]] carved out John's Pass on the island's north end and split off two smaller islands, called the Isle of Palms and Isle of Capri.

Treasure Island saw a surge in residential and hotel construction following [[World War II]] through the 1950s. The real estate used in these ventures often consisted of fill from [[dredge]]d material. Artificial extensions of the land were created, which were usually designed for convenient access to navigable waterways like Boca Ciega Bay.