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Cape Coral History – Cape Coral Today!

Posted by Diane On May 25th

Just over 50 years later after being born…

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…this relatively young city thrives with life.

By 2009, “The Cape” is known as one of the safest cities in Florida, and has developed into the 5th fastest growing town in the nation with a population doubling every decade.

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Shortly after having it’s first family move into Cape Coral…

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Cape Coral’s Very First Dairy Queen on 47th Avenue – September 1962

…major promoting through mail order programs and ads on radio, television and print media, northerners slowly made their way down south to the blossoming city.

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A year after Cape Coral broke ground in November of 1957, it’s…

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…first residents started moving in.

On June 14, 1958, the first family moved into Cape Coral.

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Today, Cape Coral, Florida is a relatively young city in Florida, it was…

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…founded in 1957, when brothers Jack and Leonard Rosen purchased a 103-sq mile tract of land, formerly known as Redfish Point.

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