This combination celebration of the 97th Anniversary of the completion of the Tamiami Trail and the “birthday” of Museum of the Everglades (opened on the 70th Anniversary of the Trail in 1998) is a fun-filled afternoon with live music, complimentary hot dogs, and the only laundry cart races in the country! Join us early for […]
Join us for the opening reception of Folklore, Fish Tales, & Family Stories: Legends of the Everglades. Every year Museum of the Everglades collaborates with our local school – one of the last two K-12 public schools on a single campus in the state of Florida – to create an exhibit that celebrates a specific […]
In this companion lecture to Museum of the Everglades’ new temporary exhibit, Folklore, Fish Tales, and Family Stories, Museum Manager Thomas Lockyear will explore the ways in which the legends and lore of an isolated region can become reciprocal agents in cultural development—particularly as they relate to South Florida and the Everglades. Myths, misconceptions, buried […]
Among the region’s most poignant and captivating tales are those that recount cold-blooded killings—and historically the Everglades area has more than its share. Museum Manager Thomas Lockyear will share stories from the long list of murders in the Everglades that includes everything from frontier justice at hands of a pioneer posse to homicide for hire […]
In early July of the year 2000, local resident David Shealy captured video of a tall, hairy, bipedal humanoid creature running through the shoulder-high sawgrass of the Big Cypress Swamp behind his home. In his mid-30s at the time, Shealy had first spotted the elusive Everglades cryptid, commonly known as the “Skunk Ape,” while hunting […]
Museum Manager Thomas Lockyear will share the story of Daniel W. McLeod, who still holds for the record for longest continuous service as an elected official of Collier County—37 years in total with 35 as the Mayor of Everglades City. A native Floridian and master of many trades, McLeod served as the County’s first Tax […]
