Gulf Coast Live

We Learn About the Southwest Florida Community Foundation's New Collaboratory


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The Atlantic Coast Line Railway depot in downt own Fort Myers served as a community hub, and a connection to the outside world, for decades beginning in 1924 all the way up until closing in 1971. But, it was also emblematic of racial segregation throughout its time as a depot. It sat empty for about a decade before becoming the Southwest Florida Museum of History, where people of all backgrounds could come together and learn about this region’s history -- the good and the bad. But, then the
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Gulf Coast LiveBy WGCU News