Seminole Rest, part of Canaveral National Seashore, is the site of an ancient 18-foot-high Indian shell mound occupied by Timucuan Indians at various times from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1565. Centuries of shells and other items left in the mound tell the story of the Timucuans, who looked to the water for sustenance, collecting shellfish and fishing, and also hunted with bow and arrow in the nearby forests and swamps. In the early 1800s, the site was called Live Oak Hill because of the live oak trees found there. After the Civil War the name was shortened to Oak Hill and was finally renamed Seminole Rest by the Snyder family, who lived there from 1911 to 1988.