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Everglades City and Chokoloskee: The Pioneers of Collier County

Everglades City and Chokoloskee: The Pioneers of Collier County

When

Thu, June 6, 2024    
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Where

Headquarters Regional Branch
2385 Orange Blossom Dr., Naples, Florida, 34109, Headquarters Regional Branch

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Adventure Begins at Your Library! Explore old Florida 45 minutes from Naples in this engaging lecture by Paul Pacter. Lots of history, including settlement of those two towns before Naples began, formation of Collier County, (with Everglades City as County Seat), construction of the Tamiami Trail, creation of Everglades National Park, and drug smuggling. We will meet people important to our local history such as William Allen and George Storter (Everglades pioneers), C G McKinney and Ted and Mamie Smallwood (Chokoloskee pioneers), Barron Collier, and the infamous murder victim Edgar Watson.

Registration is not required.