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Cruger-dePeyster Sugar Mill ruins New Smyrna, Florida page one of two |
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| The fabulous sugar mill ruins outside of New Smyrna are surrounded by a beautiful lush hammock that must be wonderful for birding during migration and winter. The mill itself was built in 1830 by Henry Cruger and William dePeyster to produce sugar but, as an excerpt from the historical marker on the site reads, "The mill had little time to produce sugar (or repay investors) before it was wrecked by the Seminoles. In December 1835, they ran off the overseer, burned the complex, and destroyed other plantations throughout the region. Helping the Indians stage the raids here were Cruger-dePeyster slaves themselves." | |
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| The value of sugar made coming to an untamed frontier like Florida seem worth the effort. Slaves did all the work, from raising the sugar cane crop, harvesting it, and processing it. |  |
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