Author : Jeri Magg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625841337
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Book Synopsis Historic Sanibel & Captiva Islands by : Jeri Magg
Download or read book Historic Sanibel & Captiva Islands written by Jeri Magg and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Sanibel and Captiva Islands stretches back over three hundred years, to a time when natives roamed the islands and Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon first met and tried to subdue the Calusa Indians in San Carlos Bay in 1513. The next few centuries were flooded with pioneers, fishermen and clergymen in their quest to tame the wilderness in search of a better life. Discover how anthropologist Frank Cushing visited pioneer Sam Ellis in 1895 after the farmer discovered bones on his homestead and how President Theodore Roosevelts men saved a little girl from drowning when he lived on a houseboat in Captiva to study local marine life. Join local history columnist Jeri Magg as she recounts the storied history of these little slices of paradise.