“Winters treated my father quite bad due to illness, so what kind of motivated us as a child to move was warm weather. We flew to Fort Myers, of course, when I was 15 and looked around. The Realtor thankfully asked if we wanted to go over the river to look as well and we did. “We built in ...
“Cape Coral in the ‘90s was definitely a place where kids seemed to always be playing outside; whether it be riding bikes, hanging out in a tree house, swimming, going to the Yacht Club beach, or just playing in the street. “I lived on a small lake for some time, so I honestly spent a ...
A lot has happened in 50 years since the city of Cape Coral’s incorporation, and it’s safe to say things have only just begun. From a large, undeveloped plot of land to a city of approximately 200,000 with over 400 miles of canals, Cape Coral has seen drastic change in a relatively ...
Editor’s note: This editorial was originally published by The Breeze in March of 2019. As Cape Coral marks its 50th anniversary, we are again a city at the crossroads — this time big and booming, but still only half developed in terms of available land and projected population. Just as a ...
“Growing up in Cape Coral was great — you always felt really safe. We lived just down the street from Cape Elementary and I remember riding my bike to school with my little brother every morning. It was just one of those places you could play in the front yard, the back yard, and nobody ...
Cape Coral’s first city council came into office in December of 1970 after Cape residents voted in favor of incorporation. The first board was made up of Paul Fickinger, who the board tapped as the then new city's first mayor, as well as council members Cleo Snead, Chandler Burton, Robert ...
Cape Coral’s Mayors Paul Fickinger – 12/70 to 01/73 (first mayor, chosen by Council) Chandler Burton-01/73 to 05/74 Herman Horton-05/74 to 11/75 Don Graf-11/75 to 11/77 Lyman Moore-11/77 to 10/80 Bernie Langguth-11/80 to 11/81 Jim Price – 11/81 to 11/83 Joe ...
From the early years of Cape Coral mostly garnered from the headlines of the Cape Coral Breeze: * In June 1965, the Iwo Jima statue was dedicated at the Rose Gardens * The first mass was held at the Catholic Church in August 1965. * Celebrities Bob Hope and reigning Miss USA-World Dianna ...
From the early years of Cape Coral mostly garnered from the headlines of the Cape Coral Breeze: * Advertisements for available land for sale in Cape Coral were published across the U.S. starting in January 1958. * In April 1958, the Kenny Swartz family became the first “official” ...
One of North Fort Myers’ best-known businesses grew up in Cape Coral — literally. In 1937, orange grove owner George Judd ran a small power plant for his farm in North Fort Myers. He started an investor-owned utility with 50 shares of stock valued at $100 each. In 1940, Judd sold the ...
