History of Marco Island

Members of a Collier County tourism subcommittee tasked with finding a way to advertise the area year-round have renewed a once-controversial proposal to increase the number of annual visitors — stop using the tourism tax to pay for museums.

For the first time, archaeologists announced Wednesday that they have carbon-dated wood and soil samples to more closely pinpoint the age of a canal that once ran for almost a mile through present-day Old Na

This year, the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida.in North Naples celebrates its 10th anniversary as it looks to continue efforts to promote tolerance and stamp out hatred

About a dozen people attended a rally on the courthouse steps this morning to support the historic Ted Smallwood Store in Chokoloskee. Supporters held signs asking Judge Hugh Hayes to "Save SW Florida History for our Children."

Drug smugglers, pot haulers, or Saltwater Cowboys: three names for nearly 200 Collier County residents arrested in the 1980s on charges related to marijuana and cocaine importation.

Long before it turned into a controversy, the 4.75 acres of waterfront land at the tip of Chokoloskee looked like an opportunity. Area property values were high and rising, the county needed public boat ramps and the Trust for Public ...

Chokoloskee residents say developers installed a chain-link fence and bulldozed a portion of Mamie Street in April, effectively cutting off access to both the Ted Smallwood Store and several private residences. And now, questions are emerging whether work was done ...

An opportunity has opened up for history majors, or any other student with an interest in museum studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. The growing university received a $60,000 check yesterday to fund a program in museum studies. The launch ...

Nearly 200 people turned out for the opening reception of the Marco Island Historical Museum’s new exhibit, Lost Tribes of Florida last Thursday. The Lost Tribes exhibit offers a rare glimpse into the history and every day lives of these ...

In planning a Friday night reception in advance of the grand reopening ceremony of the Naples Depot Museum on Saturday, organizers aimed to recreate this elegant bygone era.

Dozens of workers are hammering, digging, laying electrical wiring and preparing the interior of the Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples for painting.

History can be messy around here, from family trees to nature’s flora, from the sturdy, early inhabitants of Marco Island to the scruffy human predators who did their best to destroy huge treasures of wildlife here. Messy, yes, but our ...

Enjoy these aerial views of Southwest Florida of yesteryear.

View this new collection of historical images, and see our community from a unique perspective.

A special presentation of the Naples Historical Society's oral histories series "If These Walls Could Talk" will be held at the Naples Daily News office, 1100 Immokalee Road, in Naples. The Naples Historical Society has captured on film the spirit ...