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The Gullah Heritage: From Sea Islands to Florida
In January, the speaker for Estero Island Historic Society’s public meeting will be Martha Bireda, director of the Blanchard House Museum of African American History and ...
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FMB at a Crossroads
“Fort Myers Beach is at a crossroads. In two decades, it has gone from a sleepy fishing village where everybody knew everybody to a popular ...
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1921 Tampa Bay Hurricane
As we prepare to run from another hurricane, it might be helpful to reflect upon the 1921 “Tampa Bay” hurricane which hit the Tarpon Springs/Tampa ...
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Who Was Jack DeLysle?
Who was Jack DeLysle? I had been reading about him in different articles as I was doing research on the early days on the island. ...
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Labor Day Hurricane 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 ...
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Al Capone and FMB?
Did Al Capone spend a week on Fort Myers Beach back in 1929 or 1930? According to Jean Matthew, Capone and some of his lawyers ...
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