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Fort Myers
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Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Author Gerri Reaves compares Fort Myers, Florida from its beginnings to the urbanistic river community it is today.
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.
Hollywood
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In 1920, Joseph W. Young Jr. came to Florida and created Hollywood, an entire city based on City Beautiful ideals. Today, though his city has greatly increased in size, Young's original plan and many handsome 1920s buildings still demonstrate Hollywood's historic beginnings, a tribute to Young's vision.
Lee County
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Encompassing rugged interior frontier and coastal gulf towns, factories and farms, dusty cattlemen and the leaders of industry, and playgrounds of the rich and famous, Lee County is as diverse as history itself.
New Port Richey
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New Port Richey's founding fathers envisioned a great city with potential for progress and growth. Today, as the "Gateway to Tropical Florida," city leaders are looking to an era of redevelopment to reach and exceed those vast expectations set so long ago.
Palm Beach
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Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Discover the history of Palm Beach in this book as we see the evolution of the area in stunning images.
Once referred to as a ""veritable paradise"" by Florida developer Henry M. Flagler, Palm Beach has transformed from a small frontier community to a remarkably picturesque historic town. The seaside resort's charm is found in its diverse architecture, landmarks, mega-mansions, beaches, and land and streetscapes.
Plant City
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Named for railroad magnate Henry B. Plant, Plant City was incorporated in 1885. Rich in history and the flavor of strawberries, it is known as the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. Images featured are from the Quintilla Geer Bruton Archives Center and the East Hillsborough Historical Society. Shelby Jean Roberson Bender, an eighth-generation Floridian, and Roberta Donaldson Jordan, a native of Pennsylvania, have devoted many years to historical and genealogical research, publications, and instruction.
