Edison and Ford Winter Estates: Neighbors on the River
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford wintered as next-door neighbors on the Caloosahatchee. Their Fort Myers estates still hold a rubber lab and the largest banyan tree in the country.
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Spring Training: Every February, Half of Major League Baseball Moves to Florida
Every February, 15 Major League Baseball teams move to Florida for the Grapefruit League. For six weeks, small-town ballparks become the center of the baseball universe.
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The Mango Tree: A Fort Myers Memoir That Opens with a Felony
A Filipino American food critic’s mother shoots at a mango thief in Fort Myers, and that’s just the first chapter. Annabelle Tometich’s memoir is funny, tender, and completely Florida.
