The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse, built in 1890, was originally used to safely guide ships into the Charlotte Harbor. The lighthouse is an iron screw pile design with a wood frame and when lit, is ...

Ethel was first established in the 1860s by people who obtained their land through homestead acts, also known as patents or grants. The source of its name is and may never be known, but believed to be ...

The Florida scrub-jay is the state’s only endemic bird, which means it can’t be found anywhere else in the world. The loss of sandy, scrubby habitat that is managed with frequent fire is one reason ...