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ID: 7013919
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013919
Record Type:
administrative
Fort Myers (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 26 38 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 26.6333
decimal degrees
Long: 081 52 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -81.8667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in SW Florida on estuary of Caloosahatchee River; used as Union headquarters during Civil War; center of large-scale gladiolus & chrysanthemum industry & site of large housing developments for retirees.
Names:
Fort Myers
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C
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V
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
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P
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United States
(nation) (
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Florida
(state) (
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Lee
(county) (
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Fort Myers
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
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established as fort to defend against Seminole Indian raids in 1839
city (
C
)
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incorporated in 1905
county seat (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
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acts as terminus of the cross-state Okeechobee Waterway that links Atlantic Ocean with Gulf of Mexico
agricultural center (
C
)
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for Gladiolus & Chriysanthamums
tourist center (
C
)
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includes 2 large city housing developments for retirees
cultural center (
C
)
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houses Thomas Edison's winter retreat residence & an annual Pageant of Light festival which celebrates the inventor
educational center (
C
)
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houses Edison Community College
Sources and Contributors:
Fort Myers..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 891
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS12006501
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
408
Subject:
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[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 891
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS12006501
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
408
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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