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Object Name |
Calendar |
Catalog Number |
2002-06-002 |
Description |
Calendar for the year 2000, published by the Marco Island Historical Society and Marco Beach Realty. Cover features a black and white image of five people standing on the beach next to a fishing net. Text on the cover reads "Marco Island Historical Time Line And Millennium Calendar, Presented by the Marco Island Historical Society And Marco Beach Realty, Inc." January: Marco Beach Realty, Inc. advertisement February: Photograph of Captain John Horr's home. Caption reads "Captain Horr's Home, Captain John Foley Horr (1843-1926) owner of Horr's Island, was a Union Civil War veteran who became a customs collector in Key West. From 1898-1913 he served as Federal Marshal for the district from Jacksonville to Key West. The house on Horr's Island was built in 1877 of tabby mortar (primitive concrete made from sand, crushed shell and burned shell, which created lime for a binder). His primary crop was pineapples and he employed a unique irrigation system, which was noted by the Florida Agricultural Experimental Station." March: Photographic portrait of Barron G. Collier. Caption reads "Barron Gift Collier, 1873-1939, Barron Collier was a high school dropout from Tennessee who became a millionaire. His checkered career included working on the Illinois Central Railroad and for a newspaper in Memphis. He acquired the franchise for new gasoline streetlights in that city. With his capital he bough part of a printing company in order to produce original advertising placards for horse drawn streetcars. Eventually he went to New York and established "car cards" franchise through out [sic] North America. He first came to Florida in 1911. He had the imagination to envision the swamp and overflowed lands as a valuable commodity. Before he was through he acquired almost one million acres in Lee County. In order to develop the property, with Tommie Barfield's help, he persuaded the legislature to divide the county and to name the new county for him. In exchange he pledged to complete the Tamiami Trail. Barron Collier worked closely with Tommie Barfield over the years to create the county and to develop the area, including Marco Island." April: Photograph of a clam runner boat. Caption reads "Clam Boat Circa 1900, Clams were dug by hand and loaded on to skiffs or scows to be shipped to Key West for processing. Clamming was a major early industry for the island, furnishing many jobs for the local residents. Over the years the rich beds provided many tons of clams until disease and over use exhausted the supply." May: Photograph of the Collier City ferry landing. Caption reads "Collier City Incorporated 1927, Marco Island was incorporated by the state legislature as Collier City, named for pioneer W.T. Collier. Barron Collier's Company and the San Marco Corporation principally owned by New York's Ruppert family of brewery and baseball fame jointly held a May Day celebration. Lots ranged from $6,00 [sic] to $10,000 and J.H. Doxsee was elected first mayor." June: Photograph of the Doxsee Clam Factory. Caption reads "Doxsee Clam Factory, Opened 1911, Two clam factories once operated on Marco Island. E.S. Burnham opened at Caxambas in 1905 on land donated by Jim Barfield and the Doxsee Company began at Marco in 1911 on land given by Captain Bill Collier." July: Photograph of Tommie Barfield and James Barfield. Captions read "Tommie Stephens Barfield, 1888-1950, Tommie Barfield, known as Queen of Marco Island, was a business woman and political lobbyist before the county commissioners and the state legislators. She worked for the development of Marco Island." and "James Madison Barfield, 1867-1944, Jim Barfield was selected as one of the first commissioners of Collier County and he served for 20 years. His efforts to put the new county on a solid fiscal basis drew praise from the state government who urged all counties to use Collier County as a fiscal model." August: Photograph of a mail boat. Caption reads "Caxambas Mail Boat Circa 1920, Mail has been delivered to Marco Island from Fort Myers by sailboat since William D. Collier became postmaster in 1888. A second post office was opened in 1904 when Jim Barfield was named postmaster. Small boats like this delivered the mail." September: Photograph of W.D. Collier, W.T. Collier, and two other men standing on the porch of the Olde Marco Inn. Caption reads "Old Marco Inn, Circal 1900, Second from left is W.D. Collier (Captain Bill) standing beside his father, W.T. Collier, considered the earliest pioneer on the island. The inn, built as a home by Captain Bill Collier around 1883, became a sportsmen hotel in 1896. It had 20 guest rooms, patio and dining room. Luxurious for its day it provided for the comfort of its guests with upholstered chairs and a two-story outhouse built indoors. Rooms were $1.00 a day and "bring your own victuals." Guests who fished could have their catch cooked for dinner. The inn is now a designated historical Florida site. One of its first guests was Frank Hamilton Cushing of the Pepper-Hearst Expedition of 1895-96. He discovered Calusa artifacts, most notable of which he named the "panther lion god," now commonly called the Key Marco Cat. Margaret McIlvane Collier, Captain Bill's wife, noted in her diary that Mr. Cushing had some of the wooden artifacts drying in the old parlor." October: Photograph of Deaconess Bedell with a group of people. Caption reads "Deaconess Harriet Bedell on Marco Island, Deaconess Bedell, missionary to the Everglades, came to Marco Island every weekend to teach Sunday School classes. She also instructed older students in the art of sewing." November: Photograph of two antique cars and people on the beach. Caption reads "Marco Island Beach Scene, In the early days, beach-goers could drive their automobiles onto the sand. In fact people used the beach as a road to get from one part of the island to another." December: Photograph of Tommie Barfield and a group of school children. Caption reads "Caxambas School 1920's, In the early island days the building was used for school during weekdays and became a community center for plays and dances on the weekend. Sunday School classes were conducted on Sunday. Movies were shown here in the mid 40's." Rest of the pages include a photograph of the Mackle brothers, a timeline, and a photograph of the G&G Mercantile Store. |
Date |
2000 |
People |
Barfield, James M. "J.M." "Jim" Barfield, Tommie Bedell, Deaconess Harriet M. Collier, Barron G. Collier, William David "W.D." "Captain Bill" Collier, William Thomas "W.T." Doxsee, James Harvey "J.H." (1876-1963) Horr, Captain John Foley Mackle, Elliott J. Mackle, Frank Elliott, Jr. Mackle, Robert F. |
Search Terms |
Doxsee Clam Factory G&G Mercantile Marco Beach Realty, Inc. Marco Island Historical Society Olde Marco Inn |
Material |
Paper |