The Naples Depot Museum is collecting oral histories, objects and artifacts to display in its Black History Baggage Car, a new exhibit space meant to showcase the rich history of the African American ...
In what would be a first for Collier County, the baggage car at the Naples Depot Museum may become a permanent exhibit telling the county's Black history. Vincent Keeys, president of Collier’s NAACP, ...
It has been called the great train race. In 1926 and 1927, two rival railroads reached Naples 11 days apart. As thousands of new residents settled in Florida during the land boom, and the state ...
The Collier County Museums, of which there are five, are made up of the people, places and events that we report on in these pages. Established in 1978, the system has grown over the years, each ...