History of Marco Island

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

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

This gallery of classic photos is a compilation of contributed photos that were published in 2006 in the Sunday Perspective section of the Naples Daily News.

Hurricane Donna blasted Naples on Sept. 10, 1960, and the Category 4 storm has been called one of the worst storms to ever hit Naples. Old-timers have said Collier County hasn’t seen a storm like it since. But Donna helped ...

The Marco Island Historical Museum's concerns about a lack of exhibits is soon to become history. The City of Marco Island agreed on Tuesday night to give the Marco Island Historical Society $100,000 to purchase permanent exhibits.

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

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

Before tourism, before real estate, even before citrus, Florida’s primary economic engine had horns and four hooves. The cattle industry built this state, well before it was a state, and Tuesday evening at the new Marco Island Museum, David Southall ...

A simmering controversy about old and new street lights in Everglades City appears to be heading for resolution. While heritage-conscious residents are happy their old lights will be relocated to illuminate sidewalks in parts of the city, some remain disgruntled ...

Marco’s museum got the financial boost it needs to begin placing exhibits in the new $4.5 million complex— but there are a few strings attached.

The new Marco Island Historical Museum was filled to capacity Saturday for the Spring Appraisal Faire presented by the Marco Island Historical Society.

Hundreds of people descended on the Calusa Indian village of Marco Island Thursday night. Greeting the approximate 300 visitors to the Marco Island Historical Museum complex, which is being constructed to resemble the elevated shell mounds and water surroundings of ...

Marion Nicolay and Betsy Perdichizzi, of the Marco Island Historical Society, compile this report on a weekly basis for the Eagle.

Local news reported 30 years ago in the Marco Eagle.

Collier County Code Enforcement staff cited the historic Chokoloskee Island store – open since 1906 and listed on the national register since 1974 – for putting up an off-premise sign. Chokoloskee is on the western edge of the Everglades, about ...