Story of Fort Myers
Author: Karl Hiram Grismer
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 1982-12-01
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780872082267
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Historical record of Southwest Florida and Lee County.
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The Story of Fort Myers
Hidden History of Fort Myers
Author: Cynthia A. Williams
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017-10-09
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1439662967
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Although best known as the winter home of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, Fort Myers has one of the most engaging and extraordinary histories of any city in Florida. The spawn of a hurricane, Fort Myers began as a U.S. Army post during Florida's Seminole Wars. During the Civil War, it became a battleground between Confederates and Yankees for cattle and, after the war, a gun-slinging cowboy town. New York cartoonist Walt McDougall blew into the area on a fishing trip, and his glowing description lured down other wealthy Yankee sportsmen who helped turn this isolated frontier town into a modern tourist destination. Historian and author Cynthia Williams explores the hidden stories behind the growth of this beautiful city.
Hidden History of Fort Myers
Author: Cynthia A. Williams
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1467137510
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hidden stories behind the growth of Fort Myers, Florida.
Fort Myers
Author: Gerri Reaves
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2008-05
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780738553542
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In these photographs, the neighborhood service station, the drugstore soda fountain, and steamboat mail-delivery live on. Nineteenth-century storefronts stand amid condo towers. Cattle stroll to market, and post-World War II newcomers transform the paradise of Gilded Age millionaires and tin-can tourists. Fort Myers continues to reinvent itself, maintaining the treasures of its richly storied past.
Historic Lee County
Author: Pamela Sustar
Publisher: HPN Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 1893619877
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An illustrated history of Fort Myers and Lee County, Florida, paired with histories of the local companies.
Thomas Edison
Author: Irvin D. Solomon
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738513690
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Thomas Edison's love affair with the growing frontier town of Fort Myers, Florida is a little-known, but intriguing part of the Edison legacy. The man whose inventions changed the world and defined the future course of American life first visited the young and still untamed town in 1885, purchasing a winter residence known as Seminole Lodge that he and his family would use until his death in 1931. His Fort Myers home subsequently provided the setting for the many notables who would visit Edison, including automobile magnate Henry Ford, rubber baron Harvey S. Firestone, and writer and naturalist John Burroughs. Today, the Edisons' mutual bonds with the community are perhaps the defining feature of Fort Myers' history. The city has named numerous streets and public venues, its community college, a mile-long bridge, and its major shopping mall after Edison, and Fort Myers has recognized the annual Edison Festival of Light and Pageant as its premier social and winter events. Because of Edison's long association with Southwest Florida, his memory and persona hold an unparalleled significance for the entire region.
Fort Myers Beach
Author: Mary Kaye Stevens
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738588117
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The once sleepy barrier island labeled Estero Island on navigational charts was dubbed Fort Myers Beach in the early part of the 20th century by city folks who spent their weekends on its wide, sandy beaches. Centuries earlier, an abundance of fish and other seafood made the 6.5-mile-long island attractive to its earliest inhabitants, the Calusa, as well as explorers, fisherfolk, and a pirate or two. In the late 19th century, early homesteaders were lured by stories of free tillable soil in a balmy climate surrounded by warm waters and ankle-deep shells. When pink shrimp, labeled "Pink Gold," were found in nearby waters, another influx of residents arrived. Today, the island is best known as an energetic resort community, but it retains the influence and charm of its remarkable past.
Legendary Locals of Fort Myers
Author: Gerri Reaves
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 1467100188
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A pictorial history of Fort Myers as exemplified by its citizens and their accomplishments.
Caribbean Rim
Author: Randy Wayne White
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2018-03-13
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0735212805
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Murder, sunken treasure, and pirates both ancient and modern send Doc Ford on a nightmare quest in this New York Times bestseller in Randy Wayne White's thrilling series. Marine biologist Doc Ford has been known to help his friends out of jams occasionally, but he's never faced a situation like this. His old pal Carl Fitzpatrick has been chasing sunken wrecks most of his life, but now he's run afoul of the Florida Division of Historical Resources. Its director, Leonard Nickelby, despises amateur archaeologists, which is bad enough, but now he and his young "assistant" have disappeared--along with Fitzpatrick's impounded cache of rare Spanish coins and the list of uncharted wreck sites Fitz spent decades putting together. Some of Fitz's own explorations have been a little...dicey, so he can't go to the authorities. Doc is his only hope. But greed makes people do terrible things: rob, cheat, even kill. With stakes this high, there's no way the thieves will go quietly--and Doc's just put himself in their crosshairs.
