Watson's Place Wilderness Campground — Everglades National Park
Richard S.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2022

Watson Place in Ten Thousand Islands

I just want to make a correction to information on this page.   It was stated that Watson was killed at this campground (previously The Watson Place (Watson's house) and his sugarcane farm).   Edgar Watson was killed in 1910 on Chokoloskee Island in a confrontation with local residents.  The confrontation was about bodies of some of Watson's farm workers that had been found in the creek at/near The Watson Place.  It was believed that Watson killed these farm workers rather than pay them their wages.  Law enforcement never arrested anyone for killing Edgar Watson and never determined whether Watson killed the farm workers.  Watson is alleged to have killed multiple people during his lifetime.

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