Colombus’ Visit to ‘Proto-Honduras’
The first contact that the Paya Indians had with Europeans occurred on July 30, 1502.
Roatan’s Beauty, Truth & Wisdom
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Victor Ley Jones of Jonesville Point
Victor Ley Jones, of Jonesville Point, recently celebrated his 98 birthday at home in the company of his loved ones.
Blackbeard or ‘Thatch’ on Roatan
On the beach, roughly three quarters of the way from the west end of the island to Roatan airport, is a place called Thatch's Point.
Adventures of Dampier
One of the most illustrious and capable of all the privateers to visit Roatan was Captain William Dampier. He sailed to the islandin 1679 when he was 28. He had just met John Coxen on a logwood cutting mission in Belize.
Roatan Fruit Box
For over half a century Honduras was the biggest exporter of bananas to the United States, shipping over 12 million stems per year. The peak production decades for Roatan and The Bay Islands were the 1920s and 1930s, but it all started in 1876.
Roatan and Black River
After taking Roatan from the British in March 1781, General Matias de Galvez, commander of all Spanish forces in Central America, turned his attention to the last English outpost in Honduras.
Garifuna Origins
By the 1680s the tiny island of Saint.Vincent, located1800 miles from Honduras had become a sanctuary for maroons. These escaped slaves were accepted by the island’s Carib Indians who mixed and intermarried with them.
Pushing The English Out
The inhabitants of Roatan and the other Bay Islands were much relieved in 1683, when notorious Dutch pirate, Nicholas Van Hoorn, attacked Trujillo in his massive “triple-decker warship.” His St Nicholas Day carried a small army of 300 men.
Our Daily Paya
A part from a few pottery shards and bone fish hooks, there is not much evidence left that Paya Indians lived on Roatan and the other Bay Islands. Yet they lived and flourished here and on the eastern mainland of Honduras for over 3,000 years