Downtown Fort Myers

For the last field trip of the class we went into downtown Fort Myers for the day.  We started out by walking around a local farmers market where local vendors had set up their stands to sell all sort of interesting things, ranging from different kinds of jelly to snow cones.  After our little shopping spree the class gathered around a statue of three men in the middle of the walk way.  The statue is named "Uncommon Friends" because it is representations of Edison, Ford, and Firestone who were all the fathers of the American Industrial 20th Century.  This sculpture was based off the friendship, not the fame, that these men shared.  It is a very relaxing scene for tourists to walk past as they are entering downtown.

The part of the trip that sparked my interest the most was at the end when Dr. Morris showed us the mural that had been created outside the Indigo hotel.  It was a portrait of the history of Fort Myers.  Ranging back to the Seminole Indians and how they were shipped off west by train to how the creation of the actual Fort Myers fort was created to after the Civil War was over and the railroad was created.