Treasure Coast News, Business and Community April 2013 | Page 7

Hobe Sound

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It is easy to understand the naming of Hobe Sound if viewed in relation to nearby neighboring communities of Tequesta and Jupiter. It is also helpful to understand that in the late 1600’s three predominant cultures interacted in Hobe Sound including Native American tribes (Jove/Jobe, and Tekestas), Spanish and British descendants. Hobe Sound has welcomed visitors since 1696 when a British ship, in convoy from Jamaica to Philadelphia, sank north of Jupiter Inlet close to the shore. Carrying 25 passengers and crew and it most notable passenger Jonathan Dickinson, the barkentine (three masted) ship, named Reformation, had cargo of sugar, rum, beef, molasses, and Spanish currency.

The Dickinson party encountered two groups of Indians, the inhabitants of the area, during their unplanned visit. They were greeted by perhaps the forerunners of the modern “natives” who now greet visitors whose trips are planned. The Tekestas (from which Tequesta got its name) and the Jove Indians, whose name the Spanish pronounced "Ho-bay" and who gave Hobe Sound its name, were helpful to the small Quaker party. Officially, Hobe (sounds like Robe) Sound got its original identity by 1699 according to the Florida WPA Guide.

(Courtesy of the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce: http://www.hobesound.org)

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