Field Trip – Urban area and local history museum or Fort Myers and Southwest Florida Historical Museum

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 This, I believe, was the most unique trip out of all of them. We did not really go into any swamps or go into a place that was agricultural but we went into an actual urban area into the historic Fort Myers. I liked the tour that we did in the historic district but I did not like the trip to the cemetery. It was pouring down rain and the rain was cold.

Though it was interesting how there were a lot of famous people buried there like Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone. I had no idea that they were all great friends and had places down here. I knew that Ford and Firestone were great friends because one was a tire maker and one was a car maker.

When we got to the Historic Downtown part it did get better. The sun was shining and it was real pretty out. I liked the 'uncommon friends' statue. I thought that it was interesting the many things that were in there like the fish, a manatee, and dolphins.

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The next thing that I thought that was interesting was the history of Page Field. I had no idea that it was an air force field that was used during WWII. I drive by it everyday and I always think that it is just a private air field.

The next thing I thought was interesting was the mural on the outside of the hotel's wall. I thought it was interesting that it depicted how the Indians were treated during the Civil War. I also thought it was interesting how the tiles that they used was one of the first types of pictures to be depicted like that.