Biscayne National Park History

If you have ever been to Florida, you have probably heard of or visited the Florida Keys. As seen in Source 2, the Florida Keys are a chain of islands off the coast of Florida and are the most visited island groups in the world. Not many people may known this, but the Florida Keys are home to a national park called the Biscayne National Park. The Biscayne National Park is located at the top of the Florida Keys and was founded in 1968. The Biscayne National Park wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t thanks to the Jones family, the natural beauty of the islands, and the media . Without these contributing factors, the national park would have been turned into a oil refinery and would lost its beauty. Located in Southern Florida, the Biscayne National Park was established because of important contributing factors such as the Jones family, the beauty of islands, and the media. One contributing factor to establishment of the Biscayne National Park was the beauty of the islands. The beauty of the islands helped contributed to the establishment of the park because …show more content…
The Jones family helped establish the park because Source 1 goes on to states, "Lancelot refused to sell Porgy Key to an oil refinery developer and supported plans to turn the area into a national park." Lancelot Jones was the owner of Porgy Key and determined what happened to it. If it wasn’t for Jones, the National Park wouldn’t have existed today and would have been an oil refinery and would have lost all its beauty. Also, according to Source 3, it states, "…Lancelot acted as a guide for many …visitors." By doing so, Lancelot was able to show tourists how magnificent the place was and it helped protected the island because more and more people were wanting to defend its beauty and the pro would have never existed without help from the Jones family. The Jones family was a key factor in the east Lisa net of the