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1950s and 60s
Julius Fleischmann, Jr., 1900-1968, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, relocated to Naples in 1946, following service in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a philanthropist, with an innate interest in art, the arts, the preservation of nature and its wildlife, people all over the world and their cultures, and locally the Naples community. In 1953, he preserved the 1917 gardens of renowned botanist Dr. Henry Nehrling as Caribbean Gardens, and in 1960 donated a five-acre tract and his 4,200-square-foot home for the Big Cypress Nature Center in Naples. As the first nature museum and cultural center of its kind in Southwest Florida, the Big Cypress Nature Center merged with the Collier County Conservancy in 1976 as the Conservancy Nature Center. As a major landowner in Old Naples, Julius Fleischmann, in addition to numerous contributions to the local community, laid the foundation for the orderly development of Third Street South.
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1959-1968
Carver High was open as a school for black students from 1959-1968.
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1960
Everglades City sustained tremendous damage during Hurricane Donna in 1960. Shortly thereafter, the county seat was moved to the City of Naples.
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1960’s
River Park is one of the City’s oldest neighborhoods built in the 1960’s.
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1962
The high school had 33 Students Graduate.
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1962
Carver High Cafeteria became part of the original Rec. Center when it was converted.
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1969
The City of Naples named the Charlie C. Anthony Park in honor of Private Charlie C. Anthony who lost his life in combat on May 12, 1969 while assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment of the 11th Light Infantry Brigade in the Vietnam War. The Charlie C. Anthony Park is 7.92 acres of pristine landscape on the Gordon River.
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1970
Where the bandshell is today at Cambier Park was the only youth football that was used by the public until Fleischmann Park built a football field in the late 70s.
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1977
Until 1977 when the Coastland Mall was opened, the closest mall was the Edison Mall in Fort Myers.