At a research standstill, Hendry Creek, FL.

[RayHeezy]

Making this post purely out of frustration.
Hendry Creek, Lee County, Florida
Trying to find history on a creek, that has been used for hundreds of years. Named on maps, oldest I've found 1888. Have a few houses on a 1958 historical aerial map. But the only mention of any history I can locate is in a real estate ad stating, "Trowbridge Station was the home of the Trowbridge family’s charter fishing boats. Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone were regulars here. Seller has a photo of these Fort Myers celebrities on the boats plus a reference to them at the property in The Edisons of Fort Myers by Tom Smoot." Book was useless for information. The internet seems to only bring about real estate ads during research.
It's so frustrating trying to learn local history while transplants just want to build over everything and sell views.
I've contacted the local historical society and no luck, just sent an email to local university director of history.

 

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[nagant]

Here's a link i haven't checked but maybe useful. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7...5e536/files/md02b148f1c2bdb4aadff9d5d7b00b3c1

 

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A Tale of One City, Two Counties and a Guy Named Hendry - Gulfshore Life

How one family has exerted its influence in Southwest Florida for 150 years

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https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/321111

 

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A Tale of One City, Two Counties and a Guy Named Hendry - Gulfshore Life

How one family has exerted its influence in Southwest Florida for 150 years

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"In 1908, Capt. Hendry wrote a history of Fort Myers.."
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[RayHeezy]

Here's a link i haven't checked but maybe useful. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7...5e536/files/md02b148f1c2bdb4aadff9d5d7b00b3c1

Great paper! Thank you.

https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/321111

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Unfortunately those are articles on the County. I'm speaking of Hendry Creek, located in Lee County right next door.

 

[Mackaydon]

Have you contacted the History Department at Florida State University?
Don...

 

[Clay Diggins]

I'm not sure what history or what period you need information from.

The best and most detailed mapping and written descriptions of any area of the shoreline are the U.S. Historical Shoreline Surveys. Many of these date back into the 1880s and before and all the way up to the 1940's. The surveys are extremely detailed maps, including houses, businesses, docks, fishing shacks and stands and just about anything else that could be found during the survey.

The U.S. Historical Shoreline Surveys also include written descriptions, photos and documents from the time. Those are contained in the Survey Reports.

I've created a map where you can find and download these Shoreline Survey maps and reports. You can find those at those Land Matters non profit website. Specifically on the Topo Download map.

Go to that map page then

1. Scroll to the bottom of the map layers list on the right and select the Coastal Survey Topos U.S. Historical Shoreline Surveys checkbox.
2. Click and draw a box around the area you want to study and the map will zoom there.
3. Click on the "i" tool on the right and then click on the survey(s) you would like to have.
4. A new window will pop up with links to download the survey maps and reports.

The Survey maps are in TIF format. If you are on a Windows computer you will probably have to find a third party program to see the TIF maps. All the other operating systems read the TIF fine without another program. The same is true of the PDF format Survey Reports - Windows needs another program Mac and Linux don't.

If the area you are studying had anything there when the survey was done it will be featured on the map and report. These surveys cover the entire US coastal region as well as many inland waterways. They are an incredible resource. I'm surprised more people don't use these excellent surveys.

 

[delnorter]

Fantastic Barry. Land Matters, what a great resource of information.
Mike