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09/20/2026

Check out all the banners along Collier, Broadway, and Copeland Ave S in Everglades City! Thanks to all our sponsors! (This one at the former home of Deaconess Bedell across from the Post Office was sponsored by St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Marco Island).

09/20/2026

The elegance of the 1927 historic Bank of Everglades Building can be seen at night (photo by Hydie Friend) lit up by workmen inside. The final phase of the foundation and concrete work is almost complete. For more information on how you can be a part of this rehabilitation project, visit our website https://evergladessocietyforhistoricpreservation.org/bank-of-everglades/ or call Patty at (239) 719-0020. We need YOU!

09/20/2026

Calendar of Events now available at the Welcome Center, 207 West Broadway. Stop by and pick up your copy! Lots of fun activities planned for the upcoming season!!

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09/17/2026

that the history of the Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranch goes back more than a century?

The Roberts family established roots in Immokalee in 1914, and their historic ranch and homestead would eventually become an important part of preserving Immokalee’s pioneer history.

1996: Roberts Ranch was formally transferred to Collier County. The Board of County Commissioners accepted the deed to the historic ranch and its buildings, which were generously donated by the Roberts family.
1997: The Friends of Roberts Ranch was formed to support the restoration and development of the property. That same year, the Board of County Commissioners officially designated the Roberts Ranch and homestead as a Collier County historic site.
2001: The Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranch officially opened to the public, giving visitors the opportunity to experience what daily life was like on a pioneer homestead and citrus grove.
2003: The Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranch was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Today, the museum encompasses approximately 13 acres and continues to preserve and share the agricultural and pioneer history of Immokalee.
Come explore the past and discover the stories that helped shape our community.

09/17/2026

Osceola was an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. In 1836, Osceola led a small group of Seminole resistance during the Seminole Wars. He was an advisor to Micanopy, the principal chief of the Seminole from 1825 to 1849. Osceola was one of the Seminole resistance leaders until he was captured on October 21, 1837, by deception, under a flag of truce when he went to a site near Fort Peyton for peace talk. He was first imprisoned at Fort Marion in St. Augustine and then was transported to Fort Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina where he died a few months later of an internal infection or malaria.

This image is of the Osceola grave site at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina. The headstone reads: OCEOLA. Patriot and Warrior. Died at Fort Moultrie. January 30th, 1838.