![]() ![]() The Tudor home of Talmot Mundy, creator of the JackĪrmstrong books. HEAD WEST toward the Gulf and the bridge tot BRADENTON PUBLICīEACH and turn right (northwest) along Gulf Boulevard where you might want to look at some of the oldest No one can prove where DeSoto actual landed, but the protection of the Manatee River makes this a realistic location. The tabby ruins of a old homestead, there areĮxhibitions of Spanish colonial activities in a reproduced fortification. Besides the museum, visitor center, and a nature trail passing Honoring the landing of Hernan de Soto and his HOW TO GET THERE: If you are arriving from FL 64 ( Bradenton), you should stop at the DESOTO NATIONAL ![]() Despite the construction of a bridge from Cortez to Bradenton Beach in 1922, there was no great growth in the Florida Land Boom/ It would not be until after World War II that Northerners discovered the island's charms. In 1912, Roser started the ANNA MARIA BEACH LAND COMPANY. ![]() Tampa Bay,Ĭaptain Mitchell Davis was elected the first in 1898 allied with CHARLES MARTIN ROSER, inventor of Fig Newton, to promote residents. In 1892 GEORGE EMERSON BEAN homesteaded t the north end of the island. It was first settled in the middle of the ninetenth cntury by Tampa's fifth mayor MADISON POST who named the island for his wife For more information on Anna Maria Island, visit: ANNA MARIA ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNA MARIA ISLAND GUIDE ĪNNA MARIA ISLAND HISTORY MUSEUM ANNA MARIA ISLAND.NET ĪNNA MARIA ISLAND is a barrier island just south of the entrance to Tampa Bay. ![]()
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