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    1885

    Walter N. Haldeman founded Naples in 1885.

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    1885-1889

    A dock on the western shore of Naples Bay was built for initial access to Naples.

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    1885-1889

    Population: Madison and Nancy Weeks, their three sons and a daughter.

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    1887

    Naples was platted in 1887 and filed in Lee County.

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    1888

    The first two structures built in 1888 were the 600-foot Naples Pier and the 16-room Hotel Naples facing it.

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    1888

    Pier under construction 1888

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    1894-1911

    Dock on Naples Bay 1911. Storter houseboat with windows beside fishermen.

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    1894-1911

    The dock on Naples Bay being initial access to Naples. Sketch by Robert L. Storter, born 1894. He remembers it. Dock on Naples Bay.

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    1894-1919

    First bridge over Gordon River. Sketch by Robert L. Storter, born 1894.(he remembers it). A one-car wooden bridge over the Gordon River was built.