What is Jonathan Dickinson State Park?
{{Infobox Protected area | name = Jonathan Dickinson State Park | iucn_category = V <!-- Note: site's category is unset in IUCN database, but appears to conform with Category V --> | map = Florida | map_caption = | location = [[Martin County, Florida]], United States | nearest_city = [[Hobe Sound, Florida|Hobe Sound]] / [[Tequesta, Florida|Tequesta]], [[Florida]] | coordinates = {{coords|27|00|22|N|80|07|44|W|region:US-FL|display=inline, title}} | area_acre = 11500 | established = 1950 | visitation_num = 172,000 | visitation_year = 2004 | governing_body = [[Florida Department of Environmental Protection]] }} [[File:Jonathan Dickinson State Park 001.JPG|thumb|left|270px|[[Loxahatchee River]] inside the park]] '''Jonathan Dickinson State Park''' is a [[Florida State Parks|Florida State Park]] and historic site in [[Martin County, Florida|Martin County]], [[Florida]], between [[Hobe Sound, Florida|Hobe Sound]] and [[Tequesta, Florida|Tequesta]]. The park has many kinds of areas, such as [[Sand Pine|sand pine]] scrub, pine [[flatwoods]], [[mangrove]]s, and river [[swamp]]s. The [[Loxahatchee River]], which was named a [[National Wild and Scenic River]] in 1985 (the first in Florida), runs through the park. The address is 16450 S.E. Federal Highway, Hobe Sound. ==History== The park is named after [[Jonathan Dickinson]], a [[Quaker]] merchant who was shipwrecked in 1696, with his family and others, on the Florida coast near the present-day park. He wrote a journal about their encounters with local tribes, and their journey up the coast to [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]]. A man known as [[Trapper Nelson]] lived on the banks of the Loxahatchee River after coming to the area in the 1930s, living off the land [[animal trapping|trapping]] and selling [[fur]]s. He soon became known as the ''Wildman of the Loxahatchee''. After he died in 1968 the state got his land, and gave it to the park. The [[United States Army]] established Camp Murphy, a top-secret [[radar]] training school, in the area that is now the par