History
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1885
Walter N. Haldeman founded Naples in 1885.
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1885-1889
A dock on the western shore of Naples Bay was built for initial access to Naples.
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1885-1889
Population: Madison and Nancy Weeks, their three sons and a daughter.
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1887
Naples was platted in 1887 and filed in Lee County.
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1888
The first two structures built in 1888 were the 600-foot Naples Pier and the 16-room Hotel Naples facing it.
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1888
Pier under construction 1888
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1894-1911
Dock on Naples Bay 1911. Storter houseboat with windows beside fishermen.
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1894-1911
The dock on Naples Bay being initial access to Naples. Sketch by Robert L. Storter, born 1894. He remembers it. Dock on Naples Bay.
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1894-1919
First bridge over Gordon River. Sketch by Robert L. Storter, born 1894.(he remembers it). A one-car wooden bridge over the Gordon River was built.
