The Captiva Island Historical Society has produced eleven documentary films in our "Captiva Memories" collection. Told first hard, these produced documentaries capture the history of the islands. All our documentaries are available for streaming FREE on YouTube.
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Past Events
- Guardian of History Award Presented to Tony Lapi
- Creativity & the Art of History
- Highlights from Rediscover Cabbage Key
- Anne Morrow and More
- Tony Lapi Shares Memories of Historic 'Tween Waters Inn
- CIHS Cruise: On the Water History of Weathering Storms
- Captiiva Marching Mullet Band Parade
- Guardian of History Award Presented to Kristi Anders
- Sentimental Journey
- Guardian of History Award
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- Oral Histories
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Fact or Folklore
- Did Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote Gift from the Sea during her stay on Captiva Island?
- Did J.N. "Ding" Darling Have the Island Store Built in the 1930s?
- Does Captiva's Name Derive From José Gaspar, Also Known as Gasparilla the Pirate, Who Used the Island to Secure His Captives?
- Did “Ding” Darling Give 'Tween Waters Inn Its Name?
- Was the feature film Captiva Island, starring Ernest Borgnine, filmed entirely on Captiva in 1994?
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Link to the Past
- Teddy Roosevelt's Captiva Island Legacy
- How Captiva Inspired One of the Most Widely Read Books of the Twentieth Century.
- When Captiva Arrivals Came by Seaplane
- From Dressing Room to Home to Dining Room to Captiva Icon
- Timmy’s Nook: A Small Place with Big Captiva Memories
- The Many Names Behind Captiva’s No Name Restaurant
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Looking Back
- First 'Tween Waters Cottage
- Timmy's Nook. A Different Look.
- Party at the Dickey House
- Miss Gould’s Class at Captiva School House
- James and Signe Wightman
- Early Tarpon Fishing on Captiva
- Cleon and Ray Singleton
- Andy's Dock Pre-40s
- Cottages At 'Tween Waters
- Tropical Storm Bob-July 1985
- Old & New Blind Pass Bridges 1955
- Teddy Roosevelt At Snyder School
- 1982 "No Name Storm" Wash-Out
- Bowman and Dorothy "Dottie" Price
- The Dickey Hotel
- Bill Shannon And His Frond House
- Not Your Ordinary Watchdog
- Picnic At Blind Pass
- Timmy’s Nook
- Bill Stevens Fish House
- First Schoolhouse On Captiva
- David Wightman Harvesting Raccoons
- Mrs. C.B. Chadwick
- Andy's Dock & Randall's Dock
- Hattie Brainerd and Island Children
- Hattie & Alvin Gore
- Elias Knight Carter Home
- George Washington Carter & Elizabeth Carter
- Bayview Hotel
- Maybelle Stamper
- Gore Hotel-Early 1900s
- The Iconic Mailboat 'Santiva'
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Documentaries
Collaborative Productions
The Captiva Island Historical Society has produced three documentary films in partnership with the Sanibel Historical Museum & Village.
Told first hand, these documentaries capture the history of the islands.
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