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UTILA HISTORY

Utila's history, like much of the other Bay Islands, has created a cultured legacy as rich and varied as it's physical landscape. The original descendants were pre-Columbian Paya Indians. They left many archaeological treasures, which are scattered throughout the higher flat lands of the island. These Indians flourished on the island until colonization began by the Spanish in the early 1500's. Over the next century, the Spanish plundered the island for it's slave trade and, ultimately, eliminated the island of Indians by the early 1600's. Britain, in it's aggressive attempt to colonize the Caribbean from the Spanish, occupied the Bay Islands on and off during 1550-1700. In this time frame, the Buccaneers found the vacated, mostly unprotected Islands a haven for safe harbor and transport. Utila is rich in pirate lore and to this day, scuba divers look for sunken treasure from Captain Morgan's lost booty from his raid on Panama in 1671. 
The British were forced to give back the Bay Islands to the Honduran government in the mid-1800's. It was at this time that the nearly uninhabited island was being seeded by it's now Caymanian roots. To this date, it remains rich in Caymanian culture and dialect. 
Utila has been a part of Honduras for over 150 years. Yet it's nature reflects it's independence and it's local government works diligently to promote and protect Utila's unique and wonderful culture. 

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