Finding tranquillity at The Great Calusa Blueway’s Hurricane Bay

Edit Naples Daily News 03 Jun 2016
So — in search of some tranquillity and sun rays — I ventured to Salty Sam's Marina on Fort Myers Beach on a recent May afternoon to rent a kayak and traverse parts of The Great Calusa Blueway — a 190-mile marked canoe and kayak trail that zigs and zags through the coastal waters and inland tributaries of Lee County ... To learn more about The Great Calusa Blueway visit www.fortmyers-sanibel.com/calusablueway ... Where ... ....

Pioneer Museum captures cowboy culture

Edit Naples Daily News 02 Jun 2016
These days Immokalee agriculture is synonymous with tomatoes. The crop dominates most of the farming land in eastern Collier County, but it wasn't always that way. Before migrant workers and after the Calusa Indians and the Seminoles, cattle ranching reigned ... There are details in the new exhibit text about Florida cowman culture and key facts about the area's contact with Calusa Indians and the Spanish that shaped its future ... If You Go ... ....

Paddling the Great Calusa Blueway

Edit Naples Daily News 31 May 2016
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Seagate’s Hill Tide Estates overlooks Boca Grande Pass

Edit Naples Daily News 29 May 2016
The Hill Tide Estates property is the only site on Boca Grande that overlooks Boca Grande Pass ... When a hill tide occurs, the tarpon fishing experience is beyond compare ... Seagate has started construction of its furnished 5,693-square-foot Pine Valley estate and 5,464-square-foot Calusa estate models at Quail West ... The Calusa is being built on a southern exposure homesite on Quail West's Lakes golf course ... ....

Traffic Enforcement Spots (Collier County, FL)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. Collier County, FL). Monday, May 30.. Collier Boulevard and U.S. 41 East - Speeding. Vanderbilt Beach Road and Strada Place - Speeding. Immokalee Road and Palm River Boulevard - Red-light running ... Santa Barbara Boulevard at Calusa Park Elementary - Speeding....

Rep. Deutch Introduces Bipartisan Moonshot Day Resolution (Ted Deutch)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source ... National Moonshot Day coincides with the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's May 25, 1961 address challenging the United States to land a man on the moon by 1970 ... On Friday, May 20, Congressman Deutch delivered a commencement address on America's next moonshot during a Nova Southeastern University commencement ceremony and visited Calusa Elementary School to inspire students to set high goals for their futures ... (noodl....

Former tour player Dudley Hart leads U.S. Open qualifier at Kensington

Edit Naples Daily News 20 May 2016
Like many sports, golf can be a game of inches. Thursday, those inches made the difference between those who made it through the U.S. Open local qualifier at Kensington Golf & Country Club in Naples, and those who didn't ... Celano's chances ended on basically one shot ... A few inches to the right or left, and he would've been fine ... 18 ... He has honed his game at Calusa Pines Golf Club, and it showed Thursday with six birdies and two bogeys ... ....

Moonrise kayak excursions begin next week

Edit Naples Daily News 12 May 2016
It's not lost on Southwest Floridian Cathy Chestnut that the trip leaves from the site of a 2,000-year-old Calusa Indian Shell Mound ... "And I fell the Calusa did know so much more than we do today, being guided by the stars and moon and the tides, and when I am paddling I feel like I am part of that continuum....

2nd Annual Guadalupe Charity Golf Classic Nets Nearly $100,000 (Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016
(Source. Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce). 2Annual Guadalupe Charity Golf Classic Nets Nearly $100,000. 'Swinging for the Kids!'. NAPLES, Fla ... A dozen of Guadalupe's high school Tutor Corps students encouraged guests as they bid on Hideout and Calusa Pines Golf packages and a Bulgari Magnesium watch ... (noodl....

Building on shells: Study with UGA unraveling mysteries of Calusa kingdom (Florida Museum of Natural History)

Edit Public Technologies 05 May 2016
- Centuries before modern countries such as Dubai and China started building islands, the Calusa Indians living in southwest Florida were piling shells into massive heaps to construct their own water-bound towns. One island in particular, Mound Key, was the capital of the Calusa kingdom when Spanish explorers first set foot in the area ... The Calusa created islands.'....

Memorial Day 5K Run on the Green (City of Fort Myers, FL)

Edit Public Technologies 03 May 2016
(Source. City of Fort Myers, FL). Join the Fort Myers Recreation Division for the 5K Memorial Day 'Run on the Green' at Eastwood Golf Course, located beside the Calusa Nature Center at 4600 Bruce Herd Lane in Fort Myers, just off of Ortiz Blvd ... DATE - Monday, May 30, 2016 ... - Start 7.30 a.m ... (noodl....

Lifestyle at Windward Isle appealing to homebuyers

Edit Naples Daily News 01 May 2016
Situated south of Orange Blossom Drive on Airport-Pulling Road in North Naples, Windward Isle is a gated enclave of 28 single-family luxury homes being developed by Seagate Development Group LLC ... A ... Two bedrooms are upstairs ... Seagate has also started construction of its furnished 5,693-square-foot Pine Valley estate model at Quail West and will begin construction of its 5,464-square-foot furnished Calusa estate model in May ... ....

Heart of the Calusa empire

Edit Naples Daily News 30 Apr 2016
On a remote Estero Bay island accessible only by boat, southern Florida's capital city once stood.For centuries, the Calusa kingdom called Mound Key home ... "From all indications, that was the capital town for many, many hundreds of years," said scholar Jerald Milanich, who has extensively researched the Calusa ... Researchers might question how Mound Key became the Calusa capital, but those mounds, made out of Calusa trash, offer a hint....
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