These posts relate to a broader history of SW Florida
Everglades City was designated as a Florida State Trail Town in 2019 by the DEP Office of Gateways and Trails. Located 26 miles east of Naples and 60 miles west of Miami, Everglades city is the gateway to seven national and state parks, including the Big Cypress National Preserve and Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. Recently, […]
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The Tamiami Trail was conceived in 1915 when a group of businessmen from Miami, Naples, and Fort Myers met with officials in Tallahassee to discuss constructing a highway from Miami to Tampa via Naples, Fort Myers, Sarasota, and Bradenton. Although the preliminary surveys for the trail were completed in 1915, the proponents of the
One of our favorite places to experience “Old Florida” is found south on 41, deep in the heart of the 10,000 islands. Chokoloskee has been called “one of Florida’s last frontiers.” No trip to Chok is complete without a visit to the Historic Smallwood Store. No matter how many times I have visited this unusual
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I honestly don’t remember too much about how we dealt with the aftermath of Donna. Our trailer was uninhabitable, so we moved into a friend’s home on Connecticut. They were snowbirds and were up north at the time and generously offered their home while we figured out what we were going to do. What I
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Today is September 10, the anniversary of two hurricanes that affected Fort Myers Beach 47 years apart. Heralded by some meteorologists as the “peak of hurricane season,” September 10 will always be a date that causes me to stop and reflect on how vulnerable coastal cities are when it comes to hurricanes. I was in
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