http://marconews.com/news/history/marconews.com Stories: History of Marco Islanden-ushistoryhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/14/30-years-ago-today-may-14/  Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/14/30-years-ago-today-may-14/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/14/history-motion-may-14/  Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/14/history-motion-may-14/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/09/manatee-middle-school-students-add-color-history-s/For some students at Manatee Middle School in Naples, the monotony of daily classroom activities was broken up Thursday and Friday by a chance to leave a lasting legacy on their school. Under the guidance of renowned Marco muralist Stephen Muldoon, a select number of students got to jazz up their school cafeteria by painting the walls with a large mural inspired by Calusa Indian masks. Sat, 10 May 2008 02:46:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/09/manatee-middle-school-students-add-color-history-s/localhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/07/30-years-ago-today-may-7/  Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/07/30-years-ago-today-may-7/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/07/history-motion-may-7/  Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/07/history-motion-may-7/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/30/history-motion-april-30/  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/30/history-motion-april-30/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/30/30-years-ago-today-april-30/  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/30/30-years-ago-today-april-30/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/23/30-years-ago-today-april-23/  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/23/30-years-ago-today-april-23/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/23/history-motion-april-23/  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/23/history-motion-april-23/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/20/colliers-legacy-80-years-later/You might consider the big picture. Listening to reports of astronauts and space stations, today we think of South Florida as a single entity. A mere 80 years ago, within the span of a human lifetime, this same tableau would have rendered a vast expanse of wilderness, with a few dirt roads to local destinations and not much else. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:03:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/20/colliers-legacy-80-years-later/featureshttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/16/history-motion-april-16/  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/16/history-motion-april-16/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/09/history-motion-april-9/  Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/09/history-motion-april-9/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/09/30-years-ago-today-april-9/  Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/09/30-years-ago-today-april-9/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/02/history-motion-april-2/  Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/02/history-motion-april-2/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/30/wwii-survivor-transforms-horror-kindheartedness/It’s difficult to believe that a compassionate and sweet man such as Professor Andrew Kavchak lived through the horrors of the German invasion of his native country, Poland, and then through the inhumane Soviet conquest of their territory. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:03:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/30/wwii-survivor-transforms-horror-kindheartedness/localhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/26/history-motion-march-26/  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/26/history-motion-march-26/historyhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/24/vestiges-old-plantation-home-get-sized/Matt Betz is feeling humbled. He is standing in a 130-year old structure built of a rough seashell mortar, which, in his experience, has survived despite great odds to the contrary. “I’m in absolute awe,” said the archaeologist, a Naples resident. “I’m 35 years old, I’ve lived here all my life and I’ve never seen this before.” Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:50:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/24/vestiges-old-plantation-home-get-sized/localhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/23/model-history-historical-society-takes-step-new-ma/Big dreams are directly proportional to the money it takes to realize them. That was the single-minded mission facing the Marco Island Historical Society, whose ongoing efforts to create a museum in the heritage-rich island enclave have just taken the first tangible steps to fruition in the form of groundbreaking. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:04:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/23/model-history-historical-society-takes-step-new-ma/etc/featureshttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/23/railroad-kings-following-trail-florida/When the old eight-wheel Abner McGehee pulled into Cedar Key at sunset, the engineer sounded the steam whistle and marked the beginning of an era that would change Florida forever. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:03:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/23/railroad-kings-following-trail-florida/etc/featureshttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/23/answering-history-quiz/For several weeks, ETC readers have been reading about the history of Marco Island, and attempting to answer the History Quiz. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/23/answering-history-quiz/etc/features