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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPS_sanibel-lighthouse_Sanibel-FL.html
The first permanent English-speaking settlers on Sanibel Island arrived from New York in 1833 as part of a colony planned by land investors. Although that settlement was short-lived, the initial colonists petitioned the U.S. government for the con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAGB_koreshan-unity-settlement_Estero-FL.html
In 1893, the Koreshans a religious sect founded by Dr. Cyrus R. Teed moved here.Communal living and a belief that the universeexisted on the inside of the earth wereamong the distinctive features of their doctrine. Living celibate lives, the indus…