Page 3 - JRW Museaum Book Aug2019
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The home of Juan
“John” Gomez, an
early settler, who
claimed to have been
born in Portugal
in 1781 and was a
former pirate. He
died in 1900 while
living on Panther
Key (south of Marco
Island), so he was
over 120 years
of age. (circa late
1800’s)
Building the
Tamiami Trail in
1927.
Barron Collier
completed the huge
road-building task
with machines and
men that fought
mosquitos, heat,
and swamps to
accomplish the feat.
