Tamiami Trail
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N 25° 54.649 W 081° 21.900
17R E 463443 N 2865858
Collier, Florida
Waymark Code: WM194V
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2007
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THE TAMIAMI TRAIL LINKS THE TWO GREAT CITIES FOR WHICH IT WAS NAMED --
TAMPA AND MIAMI. IT BRIDGES THE EVERGLADES. TYING TOGETHER SOUTH FLORIDA'S ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS.
ITS OFFICIAL OPENING ON APRIL 25, 1928, BY GOVERNOR JOHN W. MARTIN CLIMAXED THIRTEEN YEARS OF PLANNING AND WORKING.
FLORIDA IS INDEBTED TO CAPTAIN J.F. JAUDON, WHOSE FAITH AND PERSISTENCE KEPT THE PROJECT ALIVE; TO THE INTREPID TRAIL BLAZERS, WHOSE TRIP BY CAR ACROSS THE TRACKLESS EVERGLADES IN 1923 DRAMATIZED THE NEED FOR THE HIGHWAY'S COMPLETION; TO BARRON G. COLLIER FOR HIS UNSTINTING AID, AND TO OTHERS WHOSE TIME, ENERGIES AND TALENTS MADE THIS TREMENDOUS FEAT POSSIBLE.
Marker Number: none
Date: 1958
County: Collier
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: The Historical Association of Southern Florida
Website: Not listed
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