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'''Hawkshaw''' is the name When [[Gulf Power]] began construction of a waterfront area near their [[Gulf Power building|new headquarters]] on [[Bayfront Parkway]] in [[downtown Pensacola1985]] where , they invited a team of [[UWF]] archaeological archaeologists to excavate the site. Dr. [[Judy Bense]] and her team uncovered artifacts discovered hundreds of trash pits from the [[Deptford]] era that had not mixed with remains from four distinct historical other time periods, including yielding food remains and other debris that provide a component called '''very clear picture of how the Deptford''' dating back 1750-2000 yearsculture lived. ==Landmarks==*[[Gulf Power building]]*[[Veterans Memorial Park]]*[[Hawkshaw Lagoon Memorial Park]]
The first documented use of the name "Hawkshaw" is on a black-and-white photograph of the area which has "Hawkshaw ==Other images==<gallery>Image:Hawkshaw1939... 1939" handwritten on its face. The Hawkshaw area can be basically defined as south of jpg|[[Gregory Street]] and east of [[Ninth Avenue]] to the [[Pensacola Bay|bay1939]] in both directions.<ref>''Archaeology and History at Hawshaw''(1985). Written and illustrated by D. C. Dusevitch, Edited by Judith A. Bense</refgallery>
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'''Hawkshaw''' is the name of a waterfront area along [[Pensacola Bay]] east of [[downtown Pensacola]]. The Hawkshaw area can be basically defined as south of [[Gregory Street]] and east of [[Ninth Avenue]] to the [[Pensacola Bay|bay]] in both directions.
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a Native American occupation, designated the [[Deptford]] culture, which inhabited the area from about 150 [[Wikipedia:Common Era|CE]].
During Pensacola's [[second Spanish period]], in the mid-18th century, the area was the site of a brick kiln. Under [[British period|British rule]], the Hawkshaw area was home to the [[Governor's Villa]], a complex built for West Florida Governor [[Peter Chester]] and burned during the Spanish recapture of Pensacola in [[1781]].
Following the [[transfer of Florida]] to the United States in [[1821]], the area was planned as part of a "'''[[New City]]'''" to serve the burgeoning railroad industry. The [[New City Hotel]] was built in [[1836]] in anticipation of the district's growth, but the plan ultimately failed, and Hawkshaw became a predominantly black, working-class neighborhood for stevedores and other industrial workers. The Hawkshaw waterfront included [[Wright's Lumber Mill]], [[Muscogee Wharf]] and a number of [[L&N Railroad]] facilities, including the [[roundhouse]].
The first documented use of the name "Hawkshaw" is on a black-and-white photograph of the area which has "Hawkshaw ... 1939" handwritten on its face.<ref>''Archaeology and History at Hawshaw''(1985). Written and illustrated by D. C. Dusevitch, Edited by Judith A. Bense</ref>
[[Image:GulfPowerBuilding.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Gulf Power building]] built on the Hawkshaw site.]]
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[[Category:Hawkshaw|Hawkshaw]] [[Category:Neighborhoods]] [[Category:ArchaeologyAnthropology and archaeology]]
