Finding the Fort in Ft Myers
We spent much of May 2021 docked in Ft Myers, Florida. The temperatures were in the balmy 80’s and it hardly rained at all. Back in 1875, there were only about 350 people living on the banks of the Caloosahatchee River. Air conditioning would not be invented for another quarter century. This rare view of the Ft Myers waterfront (above) was taken around 1875-1880 and hangs on the wall of the Southwest Florida Historical Society. It is startling realize that today, the state of Florida is the third most populated state in the country. But back in 1875, it ranked about…
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Finding the Fort in Ft Myers