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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «collier county» AND «florida»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Brandon D Cross, July 30, 2025
Cattle Ranching and Immokalee Marker
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1 ► Florida, Collier County, Immokalee, Corkscrew — Cattle Ranching and Immokalee — Immokalee Pioneer Museum —
Cattle Ranching and Immokalee The open grasslands around Immokalees were an abundant hunting ground for the Caluas Indians and later, for the Seminole and Microsukee peoples. Cattleman Charles W. Hendry is thought to have . . . — — Map (db m284379) HM

2 ► Florida, Collier County, Naples — The Naples Depot —
Built in 1926, by the Seaboard Airline, the Naples Depot welcomed Naples' first passenger train in 1927. Services continued until 1971. Shortly thereafter the Tamiami Trail was completed. These two important infrastructures successfully opened . . . — — Map (db m127761) HM

3 ► Florida, Collier County, Ochopee — F-259 — 1936 Seminole Conference —
On February 22, 1936, this pine hammock was the site of a conference attended by about 275 Seminoles and several representatives of state and local governments. Florida's New Deal governor, David W. Sholtz (1933-37), had aided the state's economic . . . — — Map (db m190699) HM

4 ► Florida, Collier County, Immokalee, Corkscrew — Garage — Immokalee Pioneer Museum —
Garage Southwest Florida's early pioneers traveled on horseback, in canoes, mule wagons, ox cart and on foot. Roads were few and far between and were often nothing more than a deeply-rutted trail in the sand. Collier . . . — — Map (db m282993) HM

5 ► Florida, Collier County, Immokalee, Corkscrew — Roberts Family Home — Immokalee Pioneer Museum —
Roberts Family Home Robert Roberts (1884-1963) and his wife, Sarah Jane Cordell Roberts (1882-1966) came to Immokalee from Ona, Florida, in 1914 with their seven children. Two more children were later born in Immokalee. . . . — — Map (db m284381) HM
6 ► Florida, Collier County, Naples — Palm Cottage —
This house was built about 1895 by Walter N. Halderman, Owner/Publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal, as a winter residence for his good friend and distinguished editor, Henry Watterson, who spent his winter “working vacation” here between 1900 . . . — — Map (db m277302) HM

7 ► Florida, Collier County, Marco Island — Indian Hill Barfield Homesite —
Originally “The Heights” (51 feet) highest elevation in SW Florida; Site of The Heights Hotel - 1908. Home of J.M. and Tommy Barfield. Mrs. Barfield was very important in the development of Caxambas, Marco Island and Collier County. . . . — — Map (db m277338) HM

8 ► Florida, Lee County, Fort Myers — Explore Southwest Florida Naturally! —
Nature has been good to Lee County, one of the last frontiers to be settled in southwest Florida. Nestled between the Everglades and the Gulf of Mexico, the county includes a variety of interconnected ecosystems. Careful planning has preserved much . . . — — Map (db m105731) HM
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9 ► Florida, Collier County, Naples — Terra Palma 1912 —
Terra Palma 1912 is part of the Naples Historic District It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m277413) HM
10 ► Florida, Collier County, Naples — The Art Studio of E. George Rogers — 1891-1992 —
This simple building served as the art studio of E. George Rogers. Although a modest structure, the building represents a period of Naples history that has all but disappeared. In the decades following World War II, many new residents moved to . . . — — Map (db m278841) HM

11 ► Florida, Collier County, Everglades City — Hurricane Wilma —
Monday, October 24, 2005 In the hours before dawn Hurricane Wilma made landfall just a few miles Northwest of Everglades City at Cape Romano. Leaving Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a Category I storm, she moved into Southwest Florida as a . . . — — Map (db m213650) HM

12 ► Florida, Collier County, Ochopee — Big Cypress National Preserve —
Rain-the Swamp's Lifeblood Nearly 55 inches of rain falls here annually-drenching Big Cypress National Preserve during the summer wet season. The fresh water flowing through the national preserve replenishes the local aquifer and sustains . . . — — Map (db m106230) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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