Edison Who?
There was so much information that I learned
from the downtown Fort Myers field trip. Before arriving downtown, I learned
that the Edison name used for most buildings in Fort Myers is named after
Thomas Edison who lived in Fort Myers and at the time he was the most famous
man in the world. I have lived in Fort Myers for almost two years now and I am
ashamed that I didn’t know that Thomas Edison was a contributing factor in this
city. Now that I know a piece of history of Fort Myers, moving forward in the
field trip looked promising.
It
is sad to admit as well that I have never been to downtown Fort Myers until my
junior year of college. This experience was truly one of a kind; I have always
enjoyed history and the historical museum was a treat. Our historian and tour
guide Jim took us through a timeline that started with Paleolithic times, into
the Seminole wars and then the present. The modeled artifacts that are
displayed all over the wall helped me visualize what times would be like back
then. The historical museum of southwest Florida will be a place that I would
like to take my family too.
Since
this was the last field trip of the semester I was sort of sad because there
was a lot of information that I never heard about Fort Myers and the
environment until recently. I could not even imagine if this course was offered
for a whole year; how much information I would gain from this course. A neat
part of this field trip was walking through the downtown area with our
classmates and seeing what kind of shops there are. There were so many
eateries, the place I enjoyed the most was the downtown pizza shop. As the
field trip was ending and we were heading back to the shuttle, I was thinking
to myself how much I learned from this course and all of knowledge that I have
gained.
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