Property Location: USA, Florida, Fort Myers Beach

Seasonal Weekly Prices:
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High season price: Dollar 4,800
Low season price: Dollar 2,600
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This home is perfect for Weddings, Family reunions, corporate getaways.
SLEEPS UP TO 16 People!! Perfect for wedding parties, family reunions,
corporate get aways or a gathering of friends. Main house has 6 bedrooms3
baths and Guest house has 2 bedrooms 1 bath. This fabulous home is on a
canal with 2 boat lifts and can dock up to 6 boats. Pool table located in
downstairs
Over 1.8 million annual visitors enjoy the beaches, fishing, shopping,
dinning, golf, tennis and entertainment on the sandy shores.
The Beach gained a reputation as the World's Safest Beach because of no
undertow and shallow water. People can walk the entire 7-mile length of
the island along its sandy shores.

HISTORICAL NOTES

Estero and San Carlos Islands

Turn the hourglass and watch the sands of time trickle back to the past of
Fort Myers Beach.
Return to the time when pirates buried treasure, Spaniards built forts,
Indians hunted on the Beach, homesteaders staked their claims, shrimpers
netted pink gold, a hurricane severed a land connection and mosquito
hordes clouded the air.

The last homesteader staked his claim in Estero Island in 1914. Leroy
Lemoreaux cleared his land and survived by growing vegetables and fishing.

Lemoreaux remembered bears stalking the island and panthers howling in the
night. In the 1890's, the only weapon they had against the hordes of
mosquitoes was smoke.
Those were the days before bridge linked the island to the mainland of
Fort Myers area. A wooden swing toll bridge was the first bridge built in
1921. The toll was 50 cents for five people. The 1926 hurricane washed it
away and served the slim neck of land attaching San Carlos to the mainland
making it and island. Today, it's still called Hurricane Pass.
In the 1870's, pirates plied their trade along the shores. That's how
Black Island, south of Estero, got its name. After a defeat by the U.S.
Navy, Black Augustus took his loot and settled on the island.
The family of John Butterfield squatted on Mound Key in Estero Bay during
that time and provisioned the aging pirate with sugar, coffee, grits and
other luxuries in exchange for vegetables.
When the pirate died, he showed the family where to dig up his booty.
Perhaps more treasure is hidden along the shores. Rumors persist that
pirates used to sink long boats laden with treasure to later recover.
And Pirates weren't the only sailors frequenting the island's waters. Juan
Ponce de Leon may have sailed waters around Estero Island about 1513.
Hernando de Soto may have also dropped anchor in front of Estero Island in
1539.
Relics of skulls and other artifacts found on Mound Key suggest that
Spanish conquistadors may have passed through the Beach and perhaps built
a fort on the hill on Mound Key.
But the aura of mystery surrounding Mound Key belongs to the first
settlers, the Caloosa Indians.
The Caloosa's origins remain obscure but some scholars such as Rolfe F.
Schell in his book, History of Fort Myers Beach suggest that Caloosas may
have traveled by rafts from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
Caloosa artifacts displayed in a Fort Walton museum would be claimed as
early Mayan if displayed in Mexico, Schell wrote.
There's little doubt of what caused their demise. Diseases such as measles
brought by European explorers probably caused many of the Indian's deaths.
The Caloosa Indians kitchen middens, containing shards and edible
shellfish remains, were found at the end of Connecticut Avenue on Estero
Island. Since these early people cannot speak for themselves, their
artifacts tell tales of their lives.
Reverse the hourglass and return to our times. Today, the Beach's tourist
industry flourishes. Thousands of people come to dine on "pink gold"
shrimp and celebrate the industry and the blessing of the fleet with a
week long Shrimp Festival, usually held in March.

ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS

The Beach hosts an annual Sand sculpting Contest in November and the
Shrimp Festival in March draws thousands to the Blessing of the Shrimp
Fleet. A 5-K run precedes the event.
A July 4 Fireworks Display and Old Fashioned Family Day sparks the annual
Independence Day Festival.
Golf tournaments, Taste of the Beach, Annual New Year's Eve Celebrations,
Offshore Powerboat Races and other sporting events liven life on the
Beach.
Santa rides his boat along the Shoreline in the Christmas Holiday Boat
Parade. A Christmas light decoration contest for homes, businesses and
boats is included in the festivities.
Facilities that provide entertainment for the whole family include the
Fort Myers Beach community pool (open to the public) and the Beach Movie
Theater.

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