Historian Maria Stone passed away on Valentine’s Day, befitting for a lady who so loved the folk history of Collier County and pursed its safeguarding with a passion to ensure our pioneers’

“We create history through our daily tasks. A community’s history is the sum of its families’ lifestyles and economic situations, as well as their actions, reactions and interactions

Naples history does just that, especially when we take a look back at the “reel people” for whom self-sufficiency and self-reliance were the cornerstones of success. These pioneers of the

“There is no doubt that it is around the family and home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained.” – Win