Author Archives: Lois A. Bolin, Ph.D.

Prompted by an initiative of Naples Cultural Landscape, the month of May was proclaimed Naples History Month by the City Council in 2008. This year, the tradition continues.

Florida Weekly adapted this test from two quizzes, one about Collier County history and another about Naples history, found online at www.naplesbackyardhistory. org.

Every Saturday morning, Pam Brown drivers her truck to the parking lot behind Tommy Bahama’s and sets up for the farmers market hosted by the Third Street Merchants Association. She didn’t grow the produce, nor did she harvest it, but in the tradition of her great grandfather, who back in 1885 set up William H. Brown’s Landing near what today is Immokalee, Ms. Brown “carts” her neighbors’ produce to market, carrying forth four generations of tradition in a pioneer Immokalee family.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, author of the enduring publication “The Everglades: River of Grass,” was known for her humanitarian efforts before she lent her energies to the cause of protecting the swamp at the southern tip of Florida. In honor of the dedication of the Everglades National Park in 1947, Mrs. Douglas wrote a fitting tribute to the man to whom all Floridians owed a great debt of thanks: Ernest Francis Coe, the Forgotten Father of the Everglades.