Boca Grande, Florida: Island Jewel | Untold Stories | Florida History

ALOHA FROM HAWAII 😎

They don't talk about nig town, was west of oil tanks n of lt house, me 1st grade, 1960

Thanks for this story. You should report on the Gulf Stream that circles Florida. It makes Florida great.

Never stepped foot on Boca Grande but caught some good fish at the phosphate docks

The rich have ruined it

I just left there 2 hrs ago lol

This was made in 2004 for anyone wondering

They throw cabbage that turns your brain into emotional baggage.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

I love these documentaries about Florida👍🏽❤️🇺🇸. Is it me or is the “Captain “ a bit “long in the tooth?” 😳😜

❤ my favorite spot in all of Florida

When k was a young man my father bought a condo in the beachfront. The first group of condos after you cross the bridge at the northern tip from Placida. Boca Grande North. It was so special I have life long memories of my grandma and my parents there. Fishing and bbqing the fish on the waters edge with amazing sunsets golf carts tennis. Amazing to go back in time ;)

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INDIANS - DUPONT SAID THEY DISAPPEARED - WAS THERE A MAGICIAN LIVING THERE?

TRASH DUPONT, BUSH, AND TUCKER CARLSON LIVED THERE - KARMA

I wish I could live here. My fiancé and I have thought about moving close to the island. Then working at some of the restaurants or resorts. We both have a range of skills.

Boca GranDE... since it's in Spanish you pronounce the DE in the end.

I just spent a week there on my boat......it was in the 80s in December, beautiful beaches and amazing for bird watching (or manatees) and other wildlife. The old train station has a nice restaurant on the end......this history of the island that I saw really makes sense after watching this vid.

I asked my wife to marry me by the lighthouse on the beach. and no I'm not a tourist I'm born and raised here LOL

" I would love it if it could be the way it was then, but times have changed and you can't go back ". Who hasn't fantasized about returning to a point in time that was special in their formative years. If only...

I'm just here for the trains :D

Rich can't exist without the poor...how ironic...

How many of you watching this think the song at the end is worthless Jimmy Buffet? It isn't.........It's a guy named Jim Morris who is now passed away but always served to fool people.

My father worked at the port for 42 years. He and my mother raised six kids there myself being the youngest. I am constantly stunned by the use of made up "facts" about Boca Grande. People say the Orange Blossom Special was the name of the train that brought phosphate to the port. Not true.....The phosphate trains were designated #387 and #380. The PASSENGER train was sometime referred to as the Orange Blossom Special but in truth..........the OBS never came to Boca Grande.

My profile pic Boca Grande. Great history, Thk u

Very interesting.

JP MORGAN JR. died out there.

Dickey Colman looked so young.
Raymond Lowe Sr too.