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

Dickey Colman looked so young.
Raymond Lowe Sr too.

JP MORGAN JR. died out there.

Very interesting.

My profile pic Boca Grande. Great history, Thk u

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.

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.

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

I'm just here for the trains :D

" 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 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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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 ;)

❤ my favorite spot in all of Florida

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

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

They throw cabbage that turns your brain into emotional baggage.

This was made in 2004 for anyone wondering

I just left there 2 hrs ago lol

The rich have ruined it

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

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

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

ALOHA FROM HAWAII 😎