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As Collier County turns 100, historians and community leaders talk about some of the key moments and interesting stories that have made Collier what it is today.
'He went out into the Everglades, tracking down criminals with my daddy on his hip,' Wayne Maynard said of his grandfather, Collier's first sheriff.
'He went out into the Everglades, tracking down criminals with my daddy on his hip,' Wayne Maynard said of his grandfather, Collier's first sheriff.
'He went out into the Everglades, tracking down criminals with my daddy on his hip,' Wayne Maynard said of his grandfather, Collier's first sheriff.
COURTESY PHOTO It’s time to celebrate the first 100 years of one of the world’s most unique and exceptional places, Collier County, Florida. Collier County was created on May 8, 1923, when Florida Governor Cary A. Hardee signed Senate Bill 149, Chapter 9362, officially creating the state of Florida’s 62nd county. This subtropical coastal county