Loxahatchee River the Song (version H20)

This is a slight rewrite from the original version of Loxahatchee River which was written under my pen name Wyatt Fulton:    Hope you enjoy it, but more importantly get out and see the river.

According to Minnie Moore Wilson, who wrote,  “The Seminoles of Florida in 1896″. The River was originally spelled “Lowchowhatchee”. The Seminole word for turtle is called “Lowchow”, the name of the river was later simplified to Lochahatchee.

It is said that in the Late 1880′s a man painting the name on a steamboat had difficulty spelling “Locha” so he substituted an “x” for the “ch” and named the boat Loxahatchee. Today the Loxahatchee River is said to be one of the last of Florida’s wild rivers.
(source)   The History of the Loxahatchee by Bessie Wilson Dubois. 1981

Loxahatchee River the Song (version H20)

Lyrics by Wyatt Fulton

Lowchowhatchee flow past thru the land of the Jobe,
by the Black Bear and Panther you flowed.

Run Lochahatchee the Seminole once at your edge,
your banks halting Jesup’s men,

Go son tell the story, carry our river thru, keep her running wild and her golden water too.

Carry Loxahatchee to Trapper Nelson’s home,  drift by shotgun,  footsteps leaving Nelson’s bones.

Run Loxahatchee  over oyster bars you once flowed
Breakaway by Kitching Creek Cypress Dome

Loxahatchee meet me at the River Bend,
from there we will drift mullet running and mangrove stands

Go son tell the story, carry our river thru, keep her running wild and her golden water too.

Loxahatchee by the Black Bear and Panther you will flow, again

This song “Loxahatchee River”  celebrates the history of the River from the Jobe Indian to our future.

From River Bend Park to the Jupiter Lighthouse the Loxahatchee River offers year round enjoyment:

Hiking at Jonathen Dickenson

Visit Trapper Nelsons

Tour Jupiter Light House

Visit the Loxahatchee River Center

Canoe the Loxahatchee via River Bend Park

Canoe the Loxahatchee via Jonathen Dickenson

Fish for snook and  tarpon anywhere along the river

Spend the day on the sand bar GPS Location

GPS Numbers (approximate):
Latitude:        26 56′ 53″ N
Longitude:     80 05′ 59″ W