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COLLIER
COUNTY MUSEUM
Journey back over 10,000 years of Southwest
Florida’s unique past at the Collier County
Museum. Learn about mastodons and fierce saber
cats, Calusa and Seminole Indians, and the rugged
pioneers who settled one of America’s last
frontiers. Visitors can enjoy five acres of native
gardens, two early Naples cottages, swamp buggies
and a logging locomotive. Special programs and
exhibitions are presented throughout the year.
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Museum of
the Everglades offers a unique
look back at Collier County's development in the
early 1920's. Originally
built as a laundry to serve the workers on the
Tamiami Trail, it is now listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. ...more information |
Home
of the Robert Roberts family, the Immokalee
Pioneer Museum tells the story of pioneer families
of this still untamed area perched on the edge of
the Big Cypress swamp and the Everglades. Come
learn about the bustling cattle business on the
south Florida frontier at this 15-acre turn of the
century ranch. Currently undergoing restoration,
the site is open by appointment only.
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Courtesy
of
Mildred Roberts Sherrod
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Celebrate Florida's colorful past the
first weekend in November
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