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Fair Housing Act

The Fair Housing Law states it shall be unlawful to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made any notice, statement or advertisement iwth respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, (exclusion), or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap disability, familial status, or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

All advertising agencies, newspapers, sales firms, realtors, and management companies as well as their clients, are subject to the provisions of the Fair Housing Laws.

Important Lifestyle Message!

You Are Overlooking Your Gulf Access Canal - With A Tiki Hut on Your Dock - Right Next to Your Boat- Just Minutes from the Big Sports Fishing Hole

You Are Laid-Back Poolside - Eating Breakfast on Your Screened Lanai - Sipping on Your Favorite Beverage - Enjoying the Clear Blue Skies and Colorful Sunsets

NOW THEN - LOOKING AT THIS PANORAMIC VIEW

Wouldn't It Be Rather Silly Of Me To Ask You - If You Would Rather Be - Up North Shoveling Snow - Or Down South Fishing On The Gulf Of Mexico?

Well Then - Since I Was Genuinely Thinking Of You - While You Are Living Up North Shoveling Snow

It Would Only Be Genuinely Right - For You To Be Thinking Of Me - When You Are Ready To Move South - And Purchase Your New Waterfront Home!

NOW THEN - WOULDN'T YOU RATHER BE FLOATING IN YOUR POOL - OR BOATING - OR JUST GONE FISHING?

WARNING: THIS LIFESTYLE ISN'T FOR EVERYONE!

In Fort Myers Beach Florida

Fort Myers Beach Florida

December 31, 1995, the day the town of Fort Myers Beach was born and so it goes, Sun, Sand and Surf. All things family fun, vacations and wedding destinations. The town has not yet reached 20 years of age, but the history of Estero Island dates back over 2,000 years to the Calusa Indians. The Calusa's fought the colonization of the Spanish conquerors and the notable conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon. Ponce de Leon would eventually be mortally wounded in 1521 by the Calusa Indians. As in all other parts of Florida, the Calusa Indians met their end through increasing hostilities, warfare, disease and economic upheaval.

During the seventeenth century, the terriroty changed hands from England to Spain and between those times, Cuban fishsermen built seasonal fishing villages known as Ranchos, including those on Estero Island. Active trade was established between the Ranchos, Cuba and the Creek Indians. Florida became the 27th state in the US and many of these families stayed on and blended with the American population moving into Southwest Florida. This area is a very diverse and welcoming place.

The first real American settlers followed the Homestead Act of 1862. William Case resided on a Calusa Shell Mound at the end of Connecticut Street which is the highest point on Fort Myers Beach. Case developed the first housing subdivision and cottage rental industry on the island. By 1914 all of the island property was homesteaded and the only industry that prevailed along side fishing, gardening, and a hotel was a sawmill operated by the Koreshan Unity, which was a communal society based on the mainland of Estero. You can visit the Koreshan State Park today in your travels. It is located on U.S. 41, the Tamiami Trail.

Development on Estero Island, then called Crescent Beach, was slow until Florida gained national attention in 1920 as a vacation destination.

A toll bridge was built in 1921 to connect the beach town to the mainland of Estero/Fort Myers. Progress stagnated after some severe weather hit, hurricanes to be exact, and the people became afraid of the climate promises without the warning of the hurricanes destruction. We now have a time of year dedicated as HURRICANE SEASON, June 1st to November 30th. Unlike the holiday season, hurricane season prompts us to buy plywood as well as Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations. From Halloween and Thanksgiving to Easter, our population swells in massive numbers, from folks we call Snow Birds. 1950 brought modernization with the building of the first swimming pool, the invention of air conditioning, and the discovery of "pink gold" or shrimp off the shore which sparked a whole new industry for the area.

Fort Myers Beach is the home of beautiful beaches, an island kind of mentality, spring Break, volleyball matches, and the famed Sand Sculpting Contest that is held each and every year. There are unique local shops and restaurants where you can buy souvenirs as well as eat a delicious meal. You can watch the gorgeous sunsets from the Pier or fish, swim or sun bathe.

Development which continues today, allows the year round residents, which are many, and the seasonal visitors and residents to live in harmony while enjoying the beach, and that idyllic climate promise of sunshine, blue skies. Don't worry Mon, be ...................(you fill in the blank).