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Everglades City and Chokoloskee

The growth of the region from the 18th century on..

Aired 07/28/2006 | Rating NR

Untold Stories

Everglades City and Chokoloskee

Special | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions

The growth of the region from the 18th century on..

In the late 18th century, the first white settlers arrive in the remote ten-thousand island near the edge of the Everglades. In the 1920s, streetcar-advertising magnate Barron Gift Collier became the largest landowner in the region--with big plans for its future.

Aired 07/28/2006 | Rating NR

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Untold Stories

Everglades City and Chokoloskee

Special | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions

In the late 18th century, the first white settlers arrive in the remote ten-thousand island near the edge of the Everglades. In the 1920s, streetcar-advertising magnate Barron Gift Collier became the largest landowner in the region--with big plans for its future.

Aired 07/28/2006 | Rating NR

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