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545:"Cape Coral History"
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1067:S.S. Jolley
997:Boca Grande
875:Port Orange
683:Dames Point
673:Main Street
622:John Gorrie
411:Vietnam War
399:U.S Marines
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1293:Categories
1266:Downstream
1160:Fort Gates
1118:Seven Mile
1098:Card Sound
1072:Stan Gober
1032:Fort Hamer
1012:Cape Coral
961:Royal Park
916:Blue Heron
865:Pete Damon
830:Lake Jesup
820:Eau Gallie
472:References
413:Memorial.
353:Fort Myers
325:Cape Coral
293:Cape Coral
289:Fort Myers
238:Statistics
230:1997-10-19
137:Lee County
129:Lee County
108:Fort Myers
1077:Tom Adams
985:Southwest
966:Snow-Reed
951:MacArthur
900:Whitehair
880:Roosevelt
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810:Bert Dosh
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605:Panhandle
143:ID number
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1108:Long Key
1057:Midpoint
976:Venetian
815:Broadway
703:Memorial
642:Trammell
529:June 26,
378:and the
366:prepaid
345:Matlacha
261:Location
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1148:Ferries
1127:Tunnels
1062:Sanibel
895:Wabasso
825:Granada
805:Bennett
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698:Mathews
678:Buckman
647:Victory
627:Mid-Bay
598:Florida
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417:Gallery
405:at the
364:SunPass
349:CR 867A
311:History
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79:Carries
1027:Edison
1022:Desoto
1017:Cortez
946:Lehman
870:Pineda
860:Osteen
663:Acosta
337:CR 884
220:Opened
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