The Story of Fort Myers
Author: Karl Hiram Grismer
Publisher:
Published: 1949
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13:
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Story of Fort Myers
Author: Karl Hiram Grismer
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 1982-12-01
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780872082267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorical record of Southwest Florida and Lee County.
Hidden History of Fort Myers
Author: Cynthia A. Williams
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017-10-09
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1439662967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough 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.
Historic Lee County
Author: Pamela Sustar
Publisher: HPN Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 1893619877
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated history of Fort Myers and Lee County, Florida, paired with histories of the local companies.
Legendary Locals of Fort Myers
Author: Gerri Reaves
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 1467100188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pictorial history of Fort Myers as exemplified by its citizens and their accomplishments.
Hidden History of Fort Myers
Author: Cynthia A. Williams
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1467137510
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHidden 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 EBOOKIn 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.
The Story of Old Fort Myers
Author: Frank A. Gilbreath
Publisher:
Published: 1938
Total Pages: 14
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFort Myers Beach
Author: Mary Kaye Stevens
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738588117
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
A Land Remembered
Author: Patrick D Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1561645826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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
