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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DKD_alva-library-owanita-chapel_Alva-FL.html
Alva Library-Owanita Chapel. . Formed 1901, the Alva Book Club, was incorporated as the Alva Library Association November 15, 1906. It provided the first public library in Southwest Florida on this lot donated by Captain Peter Nelson, Alva's found…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEK_the-first-baptist-church-of-boca-grande_Boca-Grande-FL.html
The First Baptist Church of Boca Grande is the oldest church building on Gasparilla Island and housed one of the island's two oldest congregations. In the early 1900s, phosphate companies decided to use the port of Boca Grande as a primary shippin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEJ_pioneer-hole_Boca-Grande-FL.html
Pioneer Hole. . On November 28th, 1905, the steamboat Mistletoe of Tampa with the engineer corps and a force of sixty laborers landed on the beach directly opposite this spot, and the initial work of surveying and constructing the Charlotte Harbor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDW_gasparilla-inn-club_Boca-Grande-FL.html
Gasparilla Inn & Club. . The Gasparilla Inn, built by the Boca Grande Land Company, subsidiary of a national phosphate company that was an early major island land holder, opened in 1911. Under the leadership of company principal, Peter Bradley (18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D3Y_frierson-hendry-cemetery_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Frierson-Hendry Cemetery. . Thought to be the oldest private cemetery in Fort Myers. Established in the 1870's
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D08_bonita-springs-elementary-school_Bonita-Springs-FL.html
Bonita Springs Elementary School. . This school contains two historic building and is a rare example of a historical school that continues to serve its original function. The rural village of Bonita Springs, originally called Survey, grew during t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZX_harneys-point_Cape-Coral-FL.html
Harney's Point. . Near here on the Caloosahatchee River a band of 160 Indians attacked the Fort and Trading Post at four o'clock on the morning of July 23, 1839. In the raid led by Chief Chekaika of the Spanish Indians, thirteen soldiers died and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZQ_iwo-jima-monument_Cape-Coral-FL.html
Iwo Jima Monument. . . This monument immortalizes the famous photograph taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal during the American victory over Japan on the island of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. One of the most iconic images of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXP_buckingham-army-air-field-gunnery-ranges_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Buckingham Army Air Field Gunnery Ranges. . During World War II, nearly 50,000 soldiers earned their wings as aerial gunners at the Buckingham Army Air Field's (BAAF) Flexible Gunnery School. As one of only six gunnery schools in the United States…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXO_buckingham-army-air-field_Lehigh-Acres-FL.html
Buckingham Army Air Field. Early in 1942, the United States Government leased 6,500 acres of mostly brush, palmetto trees, and in some places pine stumps left from previous logging operations, to establish a flexible gunnery training school on thi…