sentences:  The Miskito from Nicaragua immigrated into the area and primarily used palm thatch for their homes.Tortuguero village became a well-used shipping port for coconuts and bananas produced by local plantations.By 1930-1940 Walter Martinez, along with his children and two or three other families settled into the Tortuguero area and constructed four poled ranchos using palm (Lefevre, 1992).