Fort Myers is a gateway to the Southwest Florida region and a major tourist destination within Florida.
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Fort Myers Harvie was abandoned in 1842, as the Second Seminole War wound down.
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Fort Myers traded tobacco, beads, and gunpowder, and sold otter, bobcat, and gator hide to the neighboring Seminole.
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Fort Myers soon bought 13 acres along the Caloosahatchee River in town.
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Fort Myers sought one that would contain enough latex to support his research endeavor.
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Fort Myers sent results and sample rubber residues to West Orange, New Jersey, for further work at his large Thomas A Edison "Invention Factory" .
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Fort Myers is one of two cities that make up the Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Fort Myers is home to the Florida Stingrays, who played their home games at Rutenberg Park.
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