Bonita Springs
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About this book

The pioneer history of Bonita Springs stretches back to the 1880s, when an Alabama cotton planter named B. B. Comer bought 6,000 acres of land along Surveyors Creek. He started a tropical fruit plantation, and his tiny village became known as Survey, in honor of the U.S. Army engineers who had first surveyed the region during the Seminole Wars decades before. When Florida started to boom in the early 20th century, investors bought up much of the land in the area. They quickly gave the community the more attractive moniker Bonita Springs and renamed the nearby creek the Imperial River. Beautiful beaches and world-class hunting and fishing soon turned Bonita Springs into a tourist mecca. Popular roadside attractions sprang up along the fast-growing Tamiami Trail, including the Everglades Wonder Gardens, the original Shell Factory, and the famous Naples?Fort Myers Greyhound Track.

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Yes, you can access Bonita Springs by Chris Wadsworth,Allison Fortuna,Bonita Springs Historical Society in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9781439622674
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Table of Contents
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. One - LAND OF PROMISE FOR THE SETTLER
  9. Two - THE WILD, WILD SOUTHWEST
  10. Three - UNDER THE BANYAN TREE
  11. Four - GATEWAY TO THE GULF
  12. Five - TIMBER TO CUT, GROVES TO GROW
  13. Six - “YOU CAN PITCH A TENT HERE”
  14. Seven - GATORS AND PANTHERS AND BEARS! OH MY!
  15. Eight - REMEMBER THE DOME
  16. Nine - DONNA’S FURY
  17. Ten - FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO BOOMTOWN
  18. ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION