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- 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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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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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
- Herbert & Hattie Brainerd
- 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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Tropical Storm Bob-July 1985
Photo of the Mucky Duck parking lot at the height of Tropical Storm Bob in July of 1985. Bob hit the southwest Florida Gulf coast as a tropical storm before turning north and intensifying as a Category 1 Hurricane.