The lost St. Johns River fishing village of Fulton

[thelakelander]

The rise and fall of a 19th century farming and fishing village that was once home to an Episcopal mission for the former enslaved: Fulton

Read More: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/the-lost-st-johns-river-fishing-village-of-fulton/

[Adam White]

I grew up over there - on Beacon Drive in a subdivision once known as "The Harbour" and then "Harbour North".

[Charles Hunter]

Used to work with a guy who grew up in Arlington. He said he and his buddies would go to the Beacon Hills construction site (when the workers weren't there) and fill grocery bags with potsherds and other artifacts from the trenches dug for utilities (or whatever).  Evidence of the pre-Columbian indigenous people who lived here. I don't know what he did with all that stuff.

[jaxlongtimer]

During the 1930s, Harry E. Olcott Sr. of Neptune Beach founded the Fulton Fish Company after purchasing a fish camp in Fulton. The business later relocated, eventually ending up in Jacksonville Beach and Olcott would go on to become an original partner in the first Harry's Seafood Bar and Grill that opened at The Jacksonville Landing.

A couple of added points here:

Olcott Sr.'s son, Harry, Jr. [known as "Skipper"] Olcott, eventually operated a fish market at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Forsyth (on the site where Dignity-U-Wear and now JTA are) called the Seafood Center.  (I am wondering if it was the son or the father that helped found "Harry's Seafood" or maybe both.) 

Read the history at the end of this post to see that Olcott's "Fulton Fish Market" was connected to the famous Robert Fulton in two different ways - by name and by blood!

More on the history of Harry's Seafood (I suspect it took its name from the Olcott's partnering on the original "market" concept before it became just a restaurant):

...The restaurant was founded initially by two brothers—Greg and Louis Saig who were inspired to adopt the New Orleans theme from one of their first employees who hailed from the region. Not long after they founded the concept, Jeff Jabot came on board as the first opening general manager of the St. Augustine location, which opened in 1995. As Jeff became more involved in development of new locations in Jacksonville and Northeast Florida and eventually a partner in the company, his twin brother Jesse took the helm of the St. Augustine location and today is the current vice president of the company...

...  "The Landing originally wanted a market fresh theme at their ground floor entrance. Harry's originally opened as a seafood market along with limited counter space for its raw bar featuring fresh shucked oysters, New Orleans Seafood Gumbo and cold draft beer," Jabot recalled. "Later the seafood market was dropped and Louis and Greg expanded seating and development of New Orleans-inspired menu."...

http://www.therestauranttimes.com/harrys-seafood-bar-bull-grille.html

Coincidentally (or maybe not), the world's second largest (behind Tokyo) fish market in New York City is known as the Fulton Fish Market:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Fish_Market.  It is named after its original location on Fulton Street which in turn was named after Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamship.

Robert Fulton Cutting's maternal grandfather, Robert Bayard, was Robert Fulton's partner. Cutting's paternal grandfather, William Cutting and Robert Fulton were brothers-in-law who had married Livingston sisters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulton_Cutting).  So our "Robert Fulton" was a relative of the more famous one!

[Adam White]

Used to work with a guy who grew up in Arlington. He said he and his buddies would go to the Beacon Hills construction site (when the workers weren't there) and fill grocery bags with potsherds and other artifacts from the trenches dug for utilities (or whatever).  Evidence of the pre-Columbian indigenous people who lived here. I don't know what he did with all that stuff.

When I was in high school, I took part in an archaeological dig behind Holy Spirit RC church on Ft Caroline road. We excavated a giant shell midden. We got lots of pottery bits and stuff. Very hot and sweaty work.