Part I: The Storm As a kid growing up on Fort Myers Beach, I can recall many times packing our belongings and heading into Fort Myers because of a potential hurricane. Luckily, most of those trips turned out to be nothing more than a social event for the parents and kids who drove to town […]
By September 1928, the real estate boom in Florida was beginning to fade. The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 had frightened many new residents when they realized how vulnerable their homes were when a hurricane hit. The Miami hurricane caused flood waters from Lake Okeechobee to enter the city of Moore Haven, killing over 100
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In 1912 the first hotel on Estero Island was built at the end of Pompano Street. At this time, the island was only accessible by boat. The guests would arrive by schooner and would dock at a pier on the gulf side in front of the hotel. The original pier was destroyed by a hurricane