Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Book Signing Event
Saturday, December 17
11am-1pm
The story of Sanibel and Captiva Islands stretches back over three
hundred years, to a time when natives roamed the islands and Spanish
explorer Ponce de Leon first met and tried to subdue the Calusa Indians
in San Carlos Bay in 1513. The next few centuries were flooded with
pioneers, fishermen and clergymen in their quest to tame the wilderness
in search of a better life. Discover how anthropologist Frank Cushing
visited pioneer Sam Ellis in 1895 after the farmer discovered bones on
his homestead, and how President Theodore Roosevelt saved a little girl
from drowning when he lived on a houseboat in Captiva to study local
marine life. Join local history columnist Jeri Magg as she recounts ...
