TIC: The History of Bonita Springs
The History of Bonita Springs
Bonnie Whittemore is the current president of the Bonita Springs Historical Society. Join her to learn more about our Florida paradise, particularly the history of Survey/Bonita Springs. Did you know, for example, that Bonita Springs has long been inhabited—since the days of prehistoric mankind? Recent discoveries place humans here some 8,000 years ago. Thousands of Calusa Indians were here when the Spanish came in 1539 looking for the Fountain of Youth, but over the centuries their numbers decreased as Europeans and then other Americans ventured further into their lands. In the 1870s, U.S. government surveyors pitched camp along the waterway, with that site becoming known as Survey, and the water taking the name of Surveyor's Creek, until the early twentieth-century pioneering boom saw the names changed, for aesthetics as well as for better land sales, to the current names of Bonita Springs and the Imperial River. Learn about our fascinating local history—as well as some very interesting sites to visit on your own or with your seasonal and family visitors.
Thursday, March 12th
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Complimentary (reservations required)
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