AUTUMN IN THE EVERGLADES

Most people don't associate Autumn with south Florida especially the Everglades.  But, we do have fall, you just have to know where to look.  These are Red Maple trees along US 29 near the north boundary of Big Cypress National Preserve.  In the fall, they do turn red, and lose most of their leaves.  Bald Cypress on the other hand, turn brown in the Autumn, due to changes in rainfall, and humidity, then loose all their leaves, that's why they're called BALD Cypress.

TAMIAMI TRAIL

Did you know, US 41 between Tampa and Miami, is known as the Tamiami Trail, so it has part of Tampa's name and Miami, in the name.  They started building it in Tampa about 1915; by 1925 they had only gotten as far as Fort Myers.  That wasn't even the hard part, they still had to go the 100 miles across the Everglades. Well along come Barron Collier (think Collier county).  Well Barron Collier had become quite wealthy from street car advertising, and was looking for ways to make more money.  He decided to invest more than a million dollars of his own money to finish the Tamiami Trail. The men worked really long days, and it was very dangerous work.  There are over 20 species of mosquito's; 4 venomous snake species, Alligator's; and it was HOT! They said it was impossible, to build a road across the Everglades, but, April of 1928 they DID complete it!