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astrolabe newsletter of the Turks & Caicos National Museum
The Layers of History
East Caicos is a treasure trove of relics.
Story & Photos By John Galleymore
When I was very young, I was shown at school a very basic picture depicting “How History Works.” It
showed layers of the Earth with the oldest relics the deepest and those more recent near the surface.
I soon came to discover this is not quite the case! As I progressed through my career in exploration,
it became apparent that you have to keep an open mind, and —even more— open eyes, in order to
discover and hopefully unravel the secrets of the past. Very often, the artifacts from one time in history
will be laying in plain sight alongside those of another.
During the recent TCI National Museum visit to East
Caicos, the primary objective was to rediscover the lost
petroglyphs left by the Lucayan Indians some 500 years
ago. However, East Caicos is a treasure trove of history,
and much of it is more recent than the Lucayans. With
this in mind, while the team was exploring caves and
Lucayan homesites, I ventured into the bush on the east
coast of the island to look around the long-abandoned
ruins of the township known as Jacksonville.
In the late 1880s, sisal growing was attempted and
became the largest export East Caicos ever saw. Sisal (in
the past also called pita) is an agave plant that is grown
for its very strong fibers that are used to produce rope
and twine. At the height of production, much of the
suitable ground was planted but not for long. Due to
poor global demand, the industry was abandoned on
East Caicos by the early 1900s.
In the late 1800s, cattle ranching was also carried
On East Caicos, remnants of the original Jacksonville settlers—pottery and glass bottles—litter the ground. They have lain there since
the late 1800s.
Times of the Islands Spring 2020 67