Treasure and Dead Bodies
Did Columbus send a party to explore the West Coast of Florida that ended up dying on what is now San Carlos Island? Read on to learn more about this strange story.
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Southwest Florida History
These posts relate to a broader history of SW Florida
Who Was WP Franklin?
Recently, my husband and I took our motor home to the WP Franklin campground. Located in Olga, the campground has 29 RV sites and 8 boat sites with 50 amp electric and water hookups. There is a boat ramp and a fishing pier which makes access to the river easy if you bring a boat.
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Southwest Florida Hurricane History
As we begin yet another hurricane season, I thought I would write a post taking a look at the storms that have affected Southwest Florida over the past century. 1921 Storm with No Name On October 17, 1921, a low pressure system was observed in the western Caribbean. By October 22, a Cat 1 hurricane with
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Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
In the late summer of 1935, the citizens of the Florida Keys were in the depths of the Great Depression. Key West, once a prosperous port city, had declared bankruptcy. Residents were struggling to live on an average monthly income of $7. The city needed a plan to survive so it was decided to rehab
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The Galloway Murders Shocked the Beach in 1953
On September 2, 1953, Ted “Carl” Smiddy was hitchhiking near Atlanta, Georgia shortly after being released from jail in Tennessee for breaking and entering and larceny. Smiddy was only 16 years old when he was picked up by Ernest Walter Moore, a convicted murderer who served ten years in an Ohio State prison before being
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