Our Marco On The Move exhibit is taking shape! 🚢
Watch as we install the landing gear from the first ferry to Marco Island — a historic moment in motion.
📺 Watch now: https://t.co/CmFrLJ5NtY via @YouTube
📷Now: Today, the same spot at 2 Marco Lakes Drive is home to The Island Hideout restaurant, serving locals and visitors with island-style flavor and charm.
📷: "The Marco Islander," Summer/Fall 1975 Issue #MarcoHistory#CommunityStories#NaplesFederalSavings#MarcoLake
📷Then: On May 1, 1972, Naples Federal Savings celebrated its Grand Opening right here! Visitors could even enter a drawing to win a vacation for four to the newly opened Walt Disney World. This building was already part of the community vision, even showing up in a 1960s plat.
Snook Season Opens!
📷: Fishing guide Bob Kerr with two unidentified individuals posing beside an incredible catch of 17 snook at Captain’s Landing #FloridaHistory#MarcoIsland#SnookSeason
30 years ago today in Old Marco Village, archaeologist Randolph Widmer’s team uncovered a Muspa shell mound platform (A.D. 500–900) with 350+ postmolds—evidence of an elevated structure. #MarcoHistory#KeyMarco#Muspa#FloridaArchaeology