MONDAY, AUG. 31 FOOTBALL Oasis at Mariner TUESDAY, SEPT. 1 VOLLEYBALL Dunbar at Cape Coral Riverdale at Ida Baker Island Coast at Mariner Estero at North Fort Myers ECS at Oasis Canterbury at Bishop Verot BOYS GOLF Ida Baker vs.Gateway at Westminster GC Island Coast vs. North Fort ...
In 1957, a handshake symbolized a promise between LCEC manager Homer T. Welch Jr. and Gulf Guaranty Land and Title Company President Leonard Rosen to bring electricity to Cape Coral. Welch agreed to return Rosen's deposit for the cost to run electricity to the area after homes were built.In ...
When Dennis and Ann Duffala moved to Cape Coral about 50 years ago with their families, the unincorporated community was a world away from the one the teens had come from."It was kind of a barren wasteland at that point," Dennis laughed.Dennis' family relocated to this then rural area in 1958 ...
As Cape Coral made the transition from a Rosen brothers vision to a full fledged city, the earliest of the municipal pioneers were faced with the challenge of delivering upon the services that a city - newly formed or otherwise - are required to offer.Many Cape residents in the late 1960s felt ...
Clint Kelly, who turned 95 years old Wednesday, July 28, moved to Cape Coral in 1970, after staying in Miami for basic training for the U.S. military for nine months, along with visiting Lee County with his wife Evelyn, known as "Susie," for many years.Drafted at the age 28, Kelly stay in Miami ...
Recreational facilities throughout Cape Coral have a rich history of their own.Even though the city wasn't incorporated until 1970, many of the facilities used today already existed and were just as popular as they are today. The Cultural Park Theatre, the longest running community theater in ...
