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Everglades

National Park ~

Douglas and Coe’s

Vision 75 Years Later   

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by Lois Bolin, Ph.D., Old Naples Historian
arjory Stoneman Douglas, author y Stoneman Douglas, author
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MEverglades: River of Grass, was Th e goal line DO YOU THINK YOUR
known for her humanitarian eff orts before she On May 30, 1934, an Act was passed authorizing a park R O O F - W A T E R - M O L D - F I R E
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lent her energies to the cause of protecting the of 2,164,480 acres (875,953 hectares) to be acquired through F R E E I N S P E C T I O N & C L A I M R E V I E W
swamp at the southern tip of Florida. In honor public or private donation. Everglades National Park was to BUT ACTUALLY
of the dedication of the Everglades National be "... wilderness, (where) no development ... or plan for the
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Park in 1947, Mrs. Douglas wrote a fi tting entertainment of visitors shall be undertaken which will interfere W h e n y o u s u b m i t a n i n s u r a n c e c l a
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tribute to the man to whom all Floridians owed with the preservation intact of the unique fl ora and fauna of the p r o f e s s i o n a l a d j u s t e r w h o e v a l u a t e s t h e s i t u a t i o n a n d r e c o m m e n d s a n
a great debt of thanks: Ernest Francis Coe, the essential primitive natural conditions now prevailing in this area." e s t i m a t e . T h i s a d j u s t e r h a s t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t o f t h e i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n y i n
Forgotten Father of the Everglades. Th is was one of the strongest mandates in the legislative history of i n d , n o t y o u r s ! I t i s c r u c i a l t h a t y o u c o n t a c t F i v e S t a r , a l i c e n s e d
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Her tribute began with, "He was certainly the prophet, and the National Park System. R e s i d e n t i a l a n d C o m m e r c i a l P u b l i c I n s u r a n c e C l a i m s A d j u s t e r , w h o w i l l
r e p r e s e n t y o u , t h e h o m e o w n e r t h r o u g h o u t t h e e n t i r e c l a i m p r o c e s s .
unmistakably the founder, but what more he was is hard to defi ne. Mr. Coe talked, petitioned, and pleaded his case about the
F i v e S t a r w i l l e n s u r e a s m o o t h t r a n s a c t i o n f r o m s t a r t t o f i n i s h , i n c l u d i n g
Ernest F. Coe, the 6-foot-tall, spare, courtly gentleman without importance and value of protecting the Everglades for more than DO YOU THINK YOUR
m a x i m u m r e c o v e r y a m o u n t s f o r y o u r d a m a g e s . TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
whose startling vision, slow-burning passion, steely endurance, two decades, but it wasn’t until after World War II that his passion We've recovered ROOF LOOKS LIKE THIS?
A r e y o u a b o u t t o m a k e a p r o p e r t y C L A I M ? more than
and indomitable will, there would be no Everglades National Park fi nally reached those who could make his dream a reality.
MILLION W a t e r L e a k s M o l d BUT ACTUALLY
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today. And probably no Everglades. No one word can contain his Preservation hesitation TROPICAL STORM "ETA" LOOKS LIKE THIS?
W a s y o u r C L A I M d e n i e d o r u n d e r p a i d ?
complexity or equal his simplicity…." John Pennekamp, the editor of the Miami Herald, who UNDERPAID GOT LEAKS? CRACKED OR
C a l l t o s c h e d u l e a c o m p l i m e n t a r y 1 1 - P o i n t I n s p e c t i o n & C l a i m R e v i e w ! ROOF DAMAGE?
‘A white fi re of revelation’ knew both Mrs. Douglas and Mr. Coe as conservation kindred
ATTENTION! Public adjusters have up to 3 years from the date of loss to file a claim DELAYED OR DENIED MISSING TILES? REPAIRS?
Mr. Coe, a Yale graduate who earned his post education in spirits (Mrs. Douglas was also a Herald columnist), revived the on your behalf. If you have experienced any of the issues listed below in the last 3
landscape architecture in Japan and Europe, became one of New Everglades National Park Commission. Mr. Pennekamp learned years, Five Star may still be able to recover money for the damages you sustained. P l u m b i n g L e a k s TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
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England’s best and brightest in landscape design. When he landed that 900,000 acres belonged to the state and then convinced the
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in Miami in 1925, he was ready to market himself to the wealthy public-spirited Barron Collier family to donate additional lands to who help homeowners with insurance
Palm Beach society, who would need his landscaping talent. Th is comprise the park. ROOF DAMAGE? GOT LEAKS? CRACKED OR
is where he met Harold Bailey, the organizer of a group of Miami On December 6, 1947, President Harry S. Truman formally - A n y R o o f d a m a g e . claims. We level the playing field and MISSING TILES? REPAIRS?
intellectuals who were interested in the Everglades. dedicated Everglades National Park in a ceremony held at We are licensed Public Claims Adjusters
maximize the recovery for your claim.
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He wanted to see these Glades fi rsthand, and upon that fi rst Everglades City. It took fi ve Florida governors, three United who help homeowners with insurance
$650 MILLION
gaze, a "white fi re of revelation" took hold. From that moment on, States presidents and $2 million dollars, but fi nally the hesitation - T r o p i c a l S t o r m E T A d a m a g e . claims. We level the playing field and
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until his death in 1951, he was her unyielding champion in words was over - Everglades National Park became a reality. - A l l P l u m b i n g i s s u e s . Not Filed - Underpaid - Denied
and deeds. She became his home away from home — a rare and Statues of Ernest Coe and Marjory Stoneman Douglas were - W a t e r d a m a g e t o w a l l s o r f l o o r s . RECOVERED
Not Filed - Underpaid -
misunderstood treasure he vowed to protect. housed at the Naples Heritage Trail Museum inside the Naples Not sure if you're owed for a Denied
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Mr. Coe would roam the Glades alone, with only a walking Trolly Station on 6th Avenue S. Th ey are now patiently awaiting DOV OHAYON, PCA new roof?
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