Although St Thomas has a lot of history, it is one of the most beautiful places I dream to some day vacation at. The sky blue waters is like a beautiful reflection of the sky. They have a carnival their that makes you forget the rest of the world exists, and I can imagine as I scroll along the shores looking out over the waters that seems it would never end, that God created this spot just for me.
Enjoy my slide show hereHistory
Archaeological evidence suggests that St. Thomas was once home to natives of the Ciboney tribes, the Taino or Arawak tribe and the Caribs. Indian habitation in what is today the Virgin Islands was recorded in journals kept by settlers and explorers in the late 1500s. By the 1600s however, the Indian populations had plummeted due to disease brought by Europeans, raids by Spanish settlers from neighboring islands and immigration to other islands of the Caribbean. These indigenous groups no longer exists in the Virgin Islands.
Christopher Colombus is credited with "discovering" St. Thomas during his second voyage to the New World in 1493. He apparently was not impressed, as he didn't stay long, instead sailing on to Puerto Rico. The island was left unguarded by the Spanish and soon its sheltered bays were called on by ships from other nations, captained by men the Spanish would come to consider pirates. St. Thomas' existence would continue as home to pirates and small settlements long before a European power decided to pursue a permanent settlement
