More than 120 archaeological sites have been identified in the Econfina Creek watershed , including many prehistoric sites . Paleo-Indian arrowheads , about 7,000 years old , have been found at some of the sites . When humans first entered Florida about 12,000 years ago , the water table was much lower , and the course of Econfina Creek was a series of waterholes , and not a flowing river . Choctaw and Creek people lived around Econfina Creek at various times prior the acquisition of Florida by the United States . In the 1830s these people were forced to leave Florida as part of the Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Econfina Creek