Hidden History of Everglades City and Points Nearby

Welcome to Everglades City, a destination gateway for outdoor enthusiasts and a close-knit community with only one school for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Author Maureen Sullivan-Hartung presents an eclectic history of the best parts of Collier County, from Barron Gift Collier's vision for a company town to the hurricanes and fires that forever changed the landscape of the Last Frontier. Quirky and entertaining anecdotes describe the challenging creation of the Tamiami Trail, trading with Indians on Chokoloskee Island, illegal plume hunting and, of course, marijuana smuggling. Deep in the swamps, mangroves and sawgrass, readers will also find bits of the past in the former boomtowns of Copeland, Jerome, Lee-Cypress and Ochopee.

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Books are available for purchase at several locations throughout Collier, Lee and Monroe Counties, including the following:

Collier County

Chokoloskee:
Smallwood Trading Post & Museum
360 Mamie Street ~ Chokoloskee, Florida 34138
Phone (239) 695-2989

Everglades City:


Everglades Welcome Center
corner of US 41 (Tamiami Trail) and SR 29 at Carnestown
Phone: (239) 695-3941

Ivey House Bed & Breakfast Inn
107 Camellia Street - Everglades City, FL 34139
Phone: (239) 695-3299

Museum of the Everglades
105 West Broadway
Phone: (239) 695-0008

Oyster House Restaurant
901 Copeland Avenue South - Everglades City, FL 34139
- across from the Western Hemisphere entry of the Everglades National Park.
Phone: (239) 695-2073

Right Choice Super Market
102 South Buckner Avenue
Phone: (239) 695-4535

Win-Car, Inc. Hardware
209 North Collier Avenue - Everglades City, FL 34139
Phone: (239) 695-3201

Marco Island:
Sunshine Booksellers (on Marco Island) with two locations:
677 South Collier Boulevard
Phone: (239) 393-0353
and
1000 North Collier Boulevard, Suite 14
Phone: (239) 394-5343

Naples:
Collier County Museum
3301 East Tamiami Trail - government center ~ Naples, Florida 34112
Phone: 239-252-8476

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary & Blair Audubon Center

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
300 Tower Road ~ Naples, FL 34113
Phone: (239) 417-6310

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida

The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club

The von Liebig Art Center on Park Street

Wynn's Market
141 Tamiami Trail North ~ Naples, Florida 34102
Phone: 239-261-7157

Ochopee:
Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center
33000 Tamiami Trail East ~ Ochopee, Florida 34141
Phone: 239-695-4758

Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery
52388 Tamiami Trail ~ Ochopee, FL 34141
Phone: (239) 695-2428

Oasis Visitor Center
52105 Tamiami Trail East ~ Ochopee, Florida 34141
Phone: 239-695-1201

Lee County

Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs
26100 Old 41 Road ~ Bonita Springs, Florida 34135

Phone: 239-495-8989

Monroe County

Everglades National Park (Monroe County)
40001 State Road 9336 ~ Homestead, Florida 33034
Phone:305-242-7700