The audience must visualize much that they do not actually see. Pageantry is a distinct form of entertainment suggesting both the drama and the motion pictures. Naturally, for complete success, the audience at such an out-door exposition must be perfectly attuned to the ideas and ideals of pageantry. It featured the vital facts which led to the discovery and development of Florida. It took the form of a great pageant of history and progress. The fourth year, the most pretentious performance of all was given. During the first three years performances included such features as "A Tour of the Orient" and "A Trip Around the World." Millionaires and their wives and some of our foremost Americans participated in these remarkable spectacles. It was exactly four years ago that the Housekeepers Club, the dean of all women's clubs in southern Florida, created a committee of Fine Arts with the idea of promoting community interest in pageantry. Amidst towering royal palm trees on velvety turfed lawns, amateur actors give outdoor performances and Spectacular scenes illustrative of the early days of Florida and the outstanding events which contributed to its history. In this picturesque setting with its romantic and historical background the Housekeepers' Club of Coconut Grove annually stages one of the most interesting historical pageants of sunny Southland.
The property gained the name of "Treasure Spot." A score of years ago it was purchased by a wealthy capitalist who developed it into one of the show places of southern Florida. Kilpatrick has turned over much of the sandy soil in quest of the interred gold. Henceforward, during his possession of the property, Mr. In the course of time Robert Kilpatrick, owner of the property, appeared and ordered the trespassers away. He hired help and superintended extensive search for the lost treasure. One year later the nephew came to Miami and ultimately located the camping place of the storm-tossed seamen. Before he passed away he told his nephew where the treasure gold had been concealed. There, after a long illness, he died of pneumonia contracted as a result of exposure. This man, a native of Ohio, borrowed enough money to return home. Although badly wondeful, he escaped in the darkness, swam the river and finally reached the trading post where the city of Miami stands today. During the night the Indians re-attacked and slew all except one of the seamen. The sailors, appreciating the seriousness of their situation picked out a sandy knoll back some distance from the shore and there buried their treasure chests. Just before sundown they attacked the mariners. Lookouts of the Seminole Indians had kept tab on the arrival of the newcomers.
Several miles up the river they selected a camp site and pitched their tents. This seafaring crew was returning from a successful trip to South America, where a rich booty in the form of buried gold had been found. Historical Pageants Suniland Magazine 1925Ībout four decades ago an expedition of treasure hunters buffetted on the flooding tides of a tropical hurricane sought refuge in the fresh waters of the Miami River.
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