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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSE_banyan-tree-ficus-benghalensis_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Edison, Ford, and Firestone formed the Edison Botanic Research Corporation in 1927 to find a fast-growing, natural source of rubber that could be grown in the United States. The banyan tree was one of more than 17,000 plant specimens that were tes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSD_edison-heritage-garden_Fort-Myers-FL.html
This garden area has been created to reflect the Edison original plan for the Estate landscape. It commemorates the legacy of Thomas and Mina Edison and other groups and individuals involved in the cultural landscape of the Edison & Ford Winter Es…
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Edison's plan of a "Floridian bower in the lowlands of the peninsular Eden, with that charmed zone of beauty" was realized as he completed the Seminole Lodge Estate.
By the fall of 1885 designs were completed and materials for constru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OS9_thomas-alva-edison_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Named the 20th century "Man of the Millennium" by LIFE Magazine, Thomas Alva Edison is best known for perfecting a commercially viable incandescent light bulb. However, Edison was also a newspaper printer, telegrapher, inventor, business…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OS8_mina-miller-edison_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Mina Miller married Thomas Alva Edison in 1886. This was the same year that the two began to create their winter estate in Fort Myers.
During their many years in Fort Myers, the Edison enjoyed creating areas for botanical research and family p…