Located on the wide and beautiful Caloosahatchee River, just fifteen miles from the Gulf of Mexic...

When the first 'Iron Horse' arrived in Southwest Florida--at Charlotte Harbor in 1886--nearly 150...

Railroads were the first big business enterprises of America and made possible many other industr...

The past has long fingers into the present, but they are not just the fingers of fact. How we rem...

During Florida's land boom of the 1920s Americans flocked to the Sunshine State as never before. ...

In the 1920s, a tremendous land boom gripped Florida, and waves of people descended upon the Suns...

Florida's railroads emerged in the 1830s amid Native American upheaval and territorial colonizati...

Florida's railroad heritage began in the 1830s amidst Native American upheaval and territorial co...

Railroads were the first big business enterprises in America, and they made possible many other i...

Fort Myers lies on the beautiful, wide Caloosahatchee River. Tropical flowers and palm trees dot ...

Florida's railroads emerged in the 1830s amid Native American upheaval and territorial colonizati...

Originally published in hardcover in 2008.