Naples
Howard Frazer, Lynne / Naples Historical Society Naples celebrates the story of one of southwest Florida's most renowned beach resorts, from its tenuous beginning in 1885 through the tumultuous year of 1960, when Hurricane Donna nearly destroyed the town once hailed as the "Summerland in Wintertime." Founded as a place where "invalids can escape the chilling blasts of winter, " the distant paradise was accessible only by boat, and by 1890, the new town boasted a pier, the Naples Hotel-and li...