The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Before the arrival of European explorers and settlers, the region centered on present-day Punta Gorda was home to the Calusa people. The name Punta Gorda (Fat Point) has been on maps at least since 1851, referring to a point of land that juts into Charlotte Harbor, an estuary off the Gulf of Mexico. In the late 1800s, White settlers began to arrive in the present-day Punta Gorda area.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Punta Gorda’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFloridia. Southern R.R, 1890: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Punta Gorda
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Punta Gorda, decade by decade
1990s
8 historic places in Punta Gorda
Punta Gorda has 8 listings on the National Register, and they protect 133 historic buildings, because Punta Gorda Residential District alone counts 126.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hotel Punta Gorda (1890) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.