History of Caloosahatchee River Told Through Photographs

Aug. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Along the Caloosahatchee River from local author Amy Bennett Williams. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories of days gone by.

Flowing 75 westerly miles from Florida’s Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico, the historic Caloosahatchee River has always been critically important to the region it traverses. As it makes its way past farm fields, quiet hamlets, and urban downtowns, manatees graze in its warm shallows, bass lurk in its shaded oxbows, and alligators sun on its banks.

Over the years, the river has attracted luminaries as well as colorful characters. Thomas Edison had a Caloosahatchee riverfront home, as did Henry Ford and telegrapher George Shulz, who created Florida’s tarpon-fishing industry. Without the Caloosahatchee, the Southwest Florida that people know today would not exist. Without people, however, the river known as the Caloosahatchee would not exist either, since it was human effort and engineering that connected the river to the lake and made it navigable—changes that sometimes spelled disaster.

Highlights of Along the Caloosahatchee River:
•   Taming the waters
•   Boats and bridges, cities and characters
•   Life along the Caloosahatchee

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or
(888)-313-2665.

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With more than 6,000 local history titles published to date, Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Widely recognized sepia books feature hundreds of vintage historical images.