Casas De Walker - Brenda and Chris Walker, Keller Williams PSL

09/29/2026

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📍 1781 SE Fallon Dr, Port St. Lucie, FL, 34983

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09/24/2026

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09/22/2026

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📍 6118 Northwest Wild Cotton Way, Port St. Lucie, FL, 34986

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09/18/2026

The lower half of Spruce Bluff.

📌 Spruce Bluff Mound (2 of 3) — Port St. Lucie, Florida
📍 27°15′00.57″N 80°19′50.34″W

Two other ancient mounds once stood near this one. Both were dug up and used as road fill. This one escaped that fate.

From the ground, dense palmettos and trees can make Spruce Bluff Mound surprisingly hard to spot. Strip away the vegetation with LiDAR, and there's no mistaking it.

Near the southern end of Spruce Bluff Preserve rises one of the largest surviving Indigenous mounds in this part of South Florida, historically described as roughly 18 to 20 feet high and about 190 feet across, an enormous amount of earth to have moved and accumulated without modern equipment. The State of Florida formally investigated and recorded the mound in 1978, but its history reaches back much further, local historical accounts place its construction somewhere around 300 to 100 BC, meaning the mound may be more than 2,000 years old.

It's commonly called the Ais Indian Mound, and the preserve uses that name on its trail signage, but the cultural attribution deserves a little caution. The Ais occupied the region when Europeans began documenting Florida's Atlantic coast, while the mound appears to substantially predate that period. Local historian Lucille Rights also questioned whether the Ais were actually its builders. Calling it an Ais mound, then, reflects the traditional local identification more securely than a demonstrated connection to the people who actually built it.

What survives here matters even more given the alternative. Historical accounts report that two other ancient mounds in the Spruce Bluff area were destroyed, their earth dug up and used as road fill. This one escaped that fate.

LiDAR makes its survival unmistakable. In a landscape where surrounding elevation changes are often measured in only a few feet, the mound rises abruptly from the flatwoods as a massive rounded feature. Trails now circle the protected site, with signs asking visitors to stay off the mound itself.

The aerial photograph tells the other half of the story. From above, you're looking mostly at trees. In the LiDAR, you're looking through them at an earthwork that has occupied this spot for roughly two millennia.

The vegetation hides the mound. LiDAR puts it back on the landscape.

09/18/2026

Check this out - Spruce Bluff story.

📌 Spruce Bluff Settlement (3 of 3) — Port St. Lucie, Florida
📍 27°15′32.64″N 80°19′57.74″W

At one end of this preserve sits a mound that's survived roughly 2,000 years. At the other end, a town founded 135 years ago has almost completely vanished.

Before Port St. Lucie existed, there was Spruce Bluff, a tiny riverfront community of homesteaders, pineapple growers, fishermen, a sawmill, a school, and a church. The first organized non-Native settlement within what is now Port St. Lucie began here in the early 1890s.

Widower John Enos Fultz arrived from Rockledge in September 1891 and homesteaded 160 acres along Winter Creek, now known as Blakeslee Creek. Fultz petitioned for a post office, and the name Spruce Bluff was adopted for the little settlement growing along the North Fork of the St. Lucie River. Transportation revolved entirely around the water, John Calhoun reportedly carried mail aboard a 20-foot schooner-rigged boat, picking it up around Sewall's Point and bringing it north along the river.

Others followed. Charles D. Blakeslee arrived in 1893 and homesteaded nearby. Lloyd G. Hill and his family raised bees and grew pineapples, while Hill also worked as a photographer and published the American Beekeeper. William F. and Harley A. Crews ran a sawmill here during the late 1890s, working the stands of pine and cypress in the area. Pineapple and citrus cultivation became part of the community's brief life, a school opened in 1896, taught by a young woman from Tennessee known as Miss Heath, and a small Methodist church eventually held services twice a month.

Spruce Bluff never grew into a large town. The devastating freezes of 1894–95 discouraged many early settlers, and families gradually moved elsewhere. Fultz eventually relocated to Fort Pierce and, after St. Lucie County was created in 1905, became its first Clerk of the Court.

Today, almost nothing resembling a settlement remains. A small monument commemorating the Spruce Bluff Early Pioneer Settlement survives along the trail, associated with the burial place of several members of the community, but the woods have reclaimed the former homesteads, fields, and paths.

Look closely at the LiDAR, though, and the modern forest disappears, exposing a landscape crossed by old linear disturbances, cleared or modified ground, and subtle features largely invisible in ordinary aerial photography. Not every feature here can automatically be assigned to the 1890s settlement, especially after more than a century of subsequent land use, but LiDAR gives us a remarkable way to examine the terrain that community once stood on.

The contrast with the previous post in this series is striking. An Indigenous mound has survived here for roughly two thousand years. A settlement founded only about 135 years ago has almost completely disappeared.

Sometimes the oldest feature on a landscape is the one that survives.

09/17/2026

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09/08/2026

Lot 3 of 4 is scheduled to close this week.

That sounds simple from the outside.

Four inherited vacant land parcels.
Find buyers.
Close the sales.
Move on.

Except inherited property rarely works that cleanly.

Probate had already been completed before we became involved, but the family still had important decisions to make before the land could be sold well.

One of the smartest steps they took was choosing one family point person with authority to coordinate decisions and communication.

That helped create one clear path forward.

Then came the land itself.

Platted, but not cleared.
No paved road infrastructure to drive to the lots.
No easy listing photos.
No pretty front-yard story.

Just maps, parcel IDs, buyer due diligence, patient communication, and a family trying to finish a long chapter from several flight connections away.

Two parcels have already closed. This one is next.

And if all goes well, this will be lot 3 of 4 reaching the finish line.

Inherited land can look logical on paper. But selling it often comes with more emotions than logic.

If your family owns land, a vacant home, or an inherited property in St. Lucie County and you are tired of carrying the question, comment VACANT and we’ll send you the next step.

Send this to someone who inherited property here but lives somewhere else.

Map shown for general area context only.

Casas de Walker Team
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Chris and Brenda Walker
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Keller Williams Port St Lucie Realtors

09/04/2026

Not every out-of-state move has to be a same-day closing, a moving truck countdown, and everybody hoping nothing gets delayed.

For this seller, selling first made more sense. Relocating out of Florida, but not trying to force the sale of this home AND the purchase of the next home into the same closing window. They wanted time to move forward, know their numbers, and find the right next home at their own pace.

We focused the marketing on the features buyers could feel right away: outdoor living, useful upgrades, and a newer home without starting from scratch.

The screened patio became one of the strongest hooks because Florida outdoor living is a real thing, especially when you can enjoy it without feeding every mosquito in St. Lucie County.

This Creekside home closed in August 2026, and the seller can keep moving into their next chapter without rushing the next purchase.

If you are planning a move out of Florida, you may not have to buy and sell at the exact same time.

Comment MOVE or send us a message and we’ll help you think through whether selling first, buying first, or timing both together makes the most sense.

And send this to someone looking for a calmer way to move out of Florida.

Casas de Walker Team
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Chris and Brenda Walker
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Keller Williams Port St Lucie Realtors

08/05/2026

You do not have to be ready to buy before talking with a mortgage lender.

We have helped buyers who started preparing 12 to 18 months before purchasing. Their lender conversations gave them clear steps to follow until they were ready.

A helpful lender conversation should leave you with a path to begin shopping or a plan to become ready.

One of our favorite local lenders will join our free online Buyer Decision Workshop on Wednesday, August 12 at 7 PM Eastern.

Register here:
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Casas de Walker Team
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Chris and Brenda Walker
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Keller Williams Port St Lucie Realtors

08/01/2026

This home didn’t just appear online today. It took a weeks of preparation, vendor coordination, photography, and planning to get it ready for buyers and Sunday’s open house

https://casasdewalker.kw.com/property/6118-NW-Wild-Cotton-Way-Port-St-Lucie-FL-34986/2138170844126670

Casas de Walker Team
📲772-291-1592
Chris and Brenda Walker
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Keller Williams Port St Lucie Realtors
Port St Lucie Real Estate Agent