Traveling the Paradise Trail for 97 Years by Lois Bolin, Ph.D., Old Naples Historian
Trailblazers Opened Paradise 97 Years Ago On April 25, 1928, Governor John W. Martin launched a 450 car motorcade on a one-day journey from Tampa to Everglades City in celebration of the opening of the Tamiami Trail. The Everglades’ greatest day was also a fulfillment of the governor’s 1925 campaign promise to have the highway […]
