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Summerland in Wintertime

The resort that marked on of the beginnings of Naples.

Aired 02/23/2007

Untold Stories

Summerland in Wintertime

Special | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions

The resort that marked on of the beginnings of Naples.

In 1885, two friends from Kentucky "discovered" a pristine paradise 40 miles south of Fort Myers and decided to build a winter resort -- Naples. Accessible only by boat, however, the remote resort languished until the 1920's, when trains and the Tamiami Trail finally opened the "Summerland in Wintertime" to development. By 1945, the backwater was becoming a boomtown.

Aired 02/23/2007

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Untold Stories

Summerland in Wintertime

Special | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions

In 1885, two friends from Kentucky "discovered" a pristine paradise 40 miles south of Fort Myers and decided to build a winter resort -- Naples. Accessible only by boat, however, the remote resort languished until the 1920's, when trains and the Tamiami Trail finally opened the "Summerland in Wintertime" to development. By 1945, the backwater was becoming a boomtown.

Aired 02/23/2007

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