Caitlin Kintz Colloquium Journal 3

Caitlin Kintz

Journal # 3

IDS 3920

One of my favorite field trips was when we went to Downtown Fort Myers. I have never been to downtown Fort Myers so everything was saw and learned about was completely new to me. When we first started driving into Downtown Fort Myers we saw the Edison home and learned some interesting facts about the home. The royal palm trees that lined the street of the Edison home were brought to Florida from Cuba because Thomas Edison’s wife wanted to make the area that they newly live in look nicer. We learned that Edison was the man of the millennium and one of the most famous men in the world during his time.

Right after we got off the bus downtown we walked over to the Caloosahatchee  to look at the view and we saw a replica of the Nina ship coming towards us getting ready to dock. It was awesome to see a replica of such a famous ship that not many people will ever get to see a replica of. 

      We saw many different sculptures and buildings in down town Fort Myers and one of my favorites was the fountain that was named “The Uncommon Friends” which were sculptures of Edison, Ford, and Firestone. The sculpture was so interesting because it portrayed the most important men of a certain time era all sitting together. Each of these men contributed to developing America in huge ways.

      Another interesting part of this field trip was seeing the Indigo Hotel and learning about all of its history. In the Hotel Indigo each room is decorated differently which makes it very unique. Behind the Hotel is a wall with a mural painted on it that shows African American slaves, but the painting was not named. There was controversy over the mural because instead of showing the founding fathers it shows what the artist thought was the most important part of history. 

     The field trip to Downtown Fort Myers was definitely my favorite because of all the history I was able to experience firsthand. Now when I go back to Downtown Fort Myers I will be able to point out different facts about the history of Fort Myers that not many people have knowledge of. All of our field trips were exciting but this one definitely stuck out to me as important.

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