Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2009-3

Description

The map shows the area involved with the delay of road expansion.

Date

1976 (circa)

Format

Maps

Coverage

Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

Topic

Land Sales And Development

Subjects

Florida Park Service
Florida. Division of Recreation and Parks
Historic sites--Florida--Estero--Maps
Koreshan Unity
Maps
National Register of Historic Places
Parks--Florida--Estero--Maps

Geographic Term

Lee County
Estero

General Note

Dr. Cyrus R. Teed's utopian community of 200 followers began relocating from Chicago, Illinois to Florida in 1894. Dr. Teed took the name "Koresh," the Hebrew translation for Cyrus, meaning shepherd. The colonists believed that the entire universe existed within a giant, hollow sphere. The Koreshans built and operated a printing facility, boat works, cement works, sawmill, bakery, store and hostelry. After the death of Dr. Teed in 1908 at the age of 69, membership of his religious group began to decline. In 1961, the four remaining members deeded 305 acres of their land to the state of Florida as a park and memorial. The Koreshan Unity Settlement Historic District, a.k.a. Koreshan Unity State Park, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.