Rotary Club of Fort Myers

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Founding and Roaring Twenties

January 1, 1920 by

When the Rotary Club of Fort Myers was founded in 1922, the community was on the verge of change. For many years a frontier cow town, Fort Myers had grown to a population of about 2,000.  The City had incorporated several years earlier in 1911. World War I had just ended in 1918. View more

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