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Author : Prudy Taylor Board
Publisher : American Chronicles
ISBN 13 : 9781596291010
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Remembering Fort Myers written by Prudy Taylor Board and published by American Chronicles. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the author's articles on the City of Fort Myers, Florida.
Author : Prudy Taylor Board
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625844735
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Remembering Lee County written by Prudy Taylor Board and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-12-06 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this charming retrospective, Lee County native Prudy Taylor Board writes with love, respect, and wry humor as she reveals the true history of Lee County, its communities and some of its most intriguing and prominent pioneers. For example: In 1884, Fort Myers comprised 139 acres at the original site of the town that was platted into a working community. But the burgeoning town that had grown to include about 50 families did not have a newspaper. So when the opportunity to ?kidnap? an editor and his press presented itself, Henry L. Roan, captain of the schooner Lily White, wasted no time. Although a paradise for tourists today, Sanibel was originally noted for its prolific agriculture. By 1896, farmers were shipping a thousand crates of tomatoes a week during their growing season. A few years later, crops included eggplant, beets, squash, green peppers, cucumbers and beans. Unfortunately, the torrential tides of salt water accompanying a disastrous hurricane in 1921 destroyed the groves and arid farms that marked the finish to Sanibel's agricultural prominence. With these delightful historical vignettes, Board presents an interesting and fascinating history of the three cities that presently make up Lee County, Florida. Locals, visitors and newcomers alike are sure to enjoy Board's witty and causal style, and will view the area with a renewed appreciation for its rich past.
Author : Patrick D Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561645826
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book A Land Remembered written by Patrick D Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Author : Gerri Reaves
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467100188
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Legendary Locals of Fort Myers written by Gerri Reaves and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of Fort Myers as exemplified by its citizens and their accomplishments.
Author : Nadine A. Block
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662430434
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Remembering Rosie written by Nadine A. Block and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remembering Rosie is about Block's childhood on a Wisconsin dairy farm in the mid-twentieth century. Growing up on the homestead with her parents and siblings was often idyllic. Still, it never stopped Block from dreaming of making a different life for herself despite many obstacles she'd face in trying to leave the land her German great-grandparents settled in the 1880s.Block and her siblings experienced long hours of tedious and dangerous work. Educational opportunities were limited, and the Ludwig children's one-room school had poorly trained teachers and few books. There was no expectation of girls going on to higher education. Block's observations of her depressive mother, the drudgery of farm life, and the short, cruel lives of farm animals were driving forces that made her take a path less followed. During a time when going against the grain was difficult, Block's restlessness and desire to see a world outside her sheltered community catapulted her into a life that the blue-eyed, blond-haired farm girl never could have imagined.
Author : Lynne Howard Frazer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738517155
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Naples written by Lynne Howard Frazer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naples celebrates the story of one of southwest Florida's most renowned beach resorts, from its tenuous beginning in 1885 through the tumultuous year of 1960, when Hurricane Donna nearly destroyed the town once hailed as the "Summerland in Wintertime." Founded as a place where "invalids can escape the chilling blasts of winter," the distant paradise was accessible only by boat, and by 1890, the new town boasted a pier, the Naples Hotel-and little else. With train service arriving in Naples in 1927 and the opening of the Tamiami Trail in 1928, the once-remote resort was finally open to development, but the Depression turned the dreamed-of boom into a bust until after World War II. The picture-perfect beaches and warm winter climate were soon "rediscovered," and by the time Hurricane Donna stormed ashore on September 10, 1960, Naples was the fastest-growing city in Collier County.
Author : Harry Thetford
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1796029653
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Remembered written by Harry Thetford and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a template that fits every American community, Remembered focuses on ninety-nine former students from a typical Middle America high school. Each student gave their lives in the line of duty during World War II. The ninety-nine names are dutifully bronzed on a plaque visible to current students on a daily basis, but Remembered goes beyond names. It adds life, zeal, and excitement to each name. Remembered poignantly points out that those lives were cut short in their prime. By remembering their stories, the freedoms they paid forward were not in vain.
Author : Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312619406
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Rectors Remembered: The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 1 written by Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1 of 8, TOC and pages 1-504. A genealogical compilation of the descendants of John Jacob Rector and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Fischbach. Married in 1711 in Trupbach, Germany, the couple immigrated to the Germanna Colony in Virginia in 1714. Eight volumes document the lives of over 45,000 individuals.
Author : Patrick D. Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561645397
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book A Land Remembered written by Patrick D. Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Land Remembered has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times in annual polls conducted by Florida Monthly Magazine. In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life with his wife and infant son, and ends two generations later in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need. The sweeping story that emerges is a rich, rugged Florida history featuring a memorable cast of crusty, indomitable Crackers battling wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the swamp. But their most formidable adversary turns out to be greed, including finally their own. Love and tenderness are here too: the hopes and passions of each new generation, friendships with the persecuted blacks and Indians, and respect for the land and its wildlife. A Land Remembered was winner of the Florida Historical Society's Tebeau Prize as the Most Outstanding Florida Historical Novel. Now in its 14th hardcover printing, it has been in print since 1984 and is also available in trade paperback.
Author : Kevin M. McCarthy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561646539
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Caloosahatchee River Guidebook written by Kevin M. McCarthy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caloosahatchee flows from near Lake Okeechobee for to its outlet at Fort Myers on the southwest Gulf coast of Florida. Eighty miles long and only a stone's throw across in some places, Florida's Caloosahatchee River once played an essential part in the transport of cattle, fruit, and other goods between Lake Okeechobee and Punta Rassa. Now the river, which has been dredged, deepened, and “improved" for decades, is the key to efforts to restore the Everglades to its natural beauty and balance. Discover the Caloosahatchee's colorful history and importance in this comprehensive guidebook. See all of the books in this series
Author : Terri Wright
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462860443
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Deadly Remembrance written by Terri Wright and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kelly Riemenschneider
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312397012
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)
Download or read book Encompass written by Kelly Riemenschneider and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompass means to envelop. This book envelopes three stories in one book starting in Stillwater, Minnesota and takes the reader to Waterbury, Connecticut, on to Fort Myers, Florida and finally to Seattle, Washington. One-two characters link the next story. The descriptions of the neighborhoods and companies have been researched for accuracy. Everyone in the stories and the names of companies and businesses are all fictional.
Author : Xulon Press, Incorporated
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1594670501
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (946 download)
Download or read book The Bob Hope Memorial Book written by Xulon Press, Incorporated and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 131262003X
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Rectors Remembered: The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 2 written by Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of 8, pages 505-1212. A genealogical compilation of the descendants of John Jacob Rector and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Fischbach. Married in 1711 in Trupbach, Germany, the couple immigrated to the Germanna Colony in Virginia in 1714. Eight volumes document the lives of over 45,000 individuals.
Author : Cynthia A. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439662967
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Hidden History of Fort Myers written by Cynthia A. Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Estero Island Historic Society (Fort Myers Beach, Fla.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Island Recipes Remembered written by Estero Island Historic Society (Fort Myers Beach, Fla.) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Days of Remembrance, April 22-29, 1990 written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
