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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Bradenton makes it easy to celebrate, especially outdoors
H
ow do you like to
celebrate in Bradenton? You have
so many choices!
Bradenton has a character that is very unique and
wonderful. It only takes a
little while to get to know
the things that make this
place, this culture, so wonderful. It’s a great place to
visit, but a wonderful place
to “live your life.”
Bradenton is blessed
with natural beauty and
abundant opportunity to
enjoy living. The temperate climate allows for nearly year-round outdoor activities. You can pick your
way to celebrate the outdoors, from biking to
spring baseball, out-door
dining to attending the
DeSoto Heritage Festival.
The arts community in
Bradenton is big league.
Bradenton alive with their
performances in their
brand new Manatee Performing Arts Center.
The core of downtown
Bradenton is anchored
by the Players, the museum and Art Center to the
east and the Village on the
Bob Turner
south.
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In this core, a bustling
Bradenton garners nation- entertainment district has
al attention for its Village
emerged.
of the Arts. This enclave of
In the evening the
creativity is full of shop af- streets are busy with pater shop of “one of a kind” trons having dinner before
pieces you won’t want to
or after visiting one of the
miss. Bolstering Bradenmany arts venues. Later
ton’s reputation as an arts they’re packed with peocommunity are ArtCenple enjoying a laugh with
ter Manatee and the South friends at one of the many
Florida Museum with exlocal watering holes.
cellent programs yearFine dining or old Florround. Last but not least
ida cuisine can be found
are the Manatee Players, a throughout Bradenton
very talented troupe of ac- — so many good eatertors who bring downtown ies there isn’t room to list
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them all. You can easily
find anything from great
local seafood to roast duck.
Maybe you’ll try local favorites like fish and grits
or a grouper sandwich.
You will have no problem
entertaining out-of-town
friends at Bradenton restaurants.
But for sake of argument, let’s say you don’t
like good restaurants or
plays or the arts. Then go
fishing for snook, redfish
and even tarpon.
The shores, bridges and
waters in and around Bradenton are teeming with
great fishing for the novice and challenges for the
experienced. The waters
of the Manatee River and
southern Tampa Bay are
world class for sport-fishing.
Don’t fish? Doesn’t mat-
ter! But get outside and
enjoy the best Manatee
County has to offer. If you
don’t get on the water in
some manner, you miss
seeing half of what this
great community is about.
Kayak, canoe, sail or motor will all work fine.
Birding is phenomenal
with a host of waterfowl
that are just spectacular.
Bald eagles, roseate spoonbills, great blue herons and
osprey are just a few of the
showy bird life you’ll find
in abundance.
Bradenton has so much
to offer, I guarantee I can
put together an agenda
that you will thoroughly enjoy.
Bob Turner, publisher and
president of the Herald, can
be reached at 941-748-0411,
ext. 7300.
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The founding of the Manatee settlement
By VIN MANNIX
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T
he man came looking for a place to settle with his family
and move his business. His
name was Josiah Gates. The
39-year-old innkeeper, South
Carolina native, husband and
father of two moved his family from Fort Brooke, which
is now Tampa, in 1842.
They were Manatee County’s first permanent pioneers,
and they made their homestead near the banks of the
Manatee River around what
is now 14th Street East.
Up to that time, the area,
known as the “Manatee
Lands,” was inhabited by
Spaniards and Seminole Indians.
“The idea of carving civilization out of the wilderness
was attractive” to the likes
of Gates, said Dean Dixon,
supervisor of the Manatee
Village Historical Park.
Indeed, Gates and his wife,
Mary, a Georgia native, had
lived a Florida frontier life
for years, according to “Edge
of Wilderness. A Settlement
History of Manatee River
and Sarasota Bay” by Janet
Snyder Matthews.
“He was a typical pioneer — weathered people
used to living remote, hard
lives,” Dixon said. “He followed the military around
a bit, staying on the edge of
Indian territory.”
Gates was among the many
to take up the invitation of the
federal government through
the Armed Occupation Act
of 1842.
The law was based on the
assumption that the only way
to subdue the Seminole Indians was to establish col-
The historical marker at the Manatee Village Historical Park covers the history of the settlers at the Village of Manatee. Josiah Gates gets the credit for
bringing the earliest settlers to the Manatee River settlement under the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. The marker also records the 1975 founding of the
Manatee Village Historical park. MANATEE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Josiah Gates was one of the
first settlers in Manatee.
onies to work the land and
hold it.
Any head of a household
could come to Manatee and
receive 160 acres of land.
The deal was the man had
to clear five acres, build a
house and live five years in
the area.
Manatee County was vastly
larger then. It encompassed
all of Sarasota, DeSoto, Highlands, Hardee, Lee, Glades,
Okeechobee and Charlotte
counties, and stretched from
central Florida to the Everglades.
“It was wilderness and the
government was spending so
much money to keep soldiers
down here to protect settlers from Indians that they
decided to pay people with
land to act as protection,”
said Cathy Slusser, director
of the Division of Historical
Resources for the Manatee
County Clerk of the Court.
“The government had more
land than they had money at
that time.”
It was a particular stretch
along the Manatee River’s
south shore that caught the
eye of Gates, as well as brother-in-law Miles Price, as they
sailed up the Manatee River that fall more than 160
years ago.
According to Lillie B.
McDuffee’s “The Lures of
Manatee,” Gates and Price
were guided to the site by
three Spanish fishermen.
There were majestic live
oaks, tall pines and a circular pool, which turned out to
be a mineral spring.
There is a historical marker at that site.
Gates cleared, cultivated and built houses on his
selected site, raising “corn,
pease (sic), potatoes, rice,
banana, melon ... ”
Their new log house had
six rooms. A second house
had nine rooms on the second floor alone.
“He obviously had it in mind
that others would follow,” Dixon said.
Among the settlers who
joined Gates in the settlement
of Manatee were merchant
Henry Clark, carpenter Ezekiel Glazier and Dr. Franklin
Branch, to name a few.
They endured the rigors
of the wilderness, from panther attacks and Seminole Indian raids to yellow fever and
hurricanes.
“They knew there was a risk
involved — a price to be paid,”
Dixon said. “Anytime you step
off that boat, there’s that fear
of ‘make it or break it.’ ”
By the early 1880s, the settlement contained a Methodist church, five stores, three
boardinghouses, a drugstore,
an academy, a meat market
and a post office.
In 1888, the town of Manatee was incorporated, 16 years
after Gates’ death at the age
of 68.
But by the 1940s, the town
was on the verge of bankruptcy. Municipal services were
so expensive town officials
began considering merging
with Bradenton. The two cities were consolidated by the
state Legislature in 1943 —
nearly 100 years after Gates’
arrival.
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Postcard of the Green Bridge, which was completed in 1927. MANATEE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
The Green Bridge is not green and other fun facts
M
ost people who move to
Bradenton soon learn
the city was named after an early settler in the area, Dr.
Joseph Braden. But what about the
other, more obscure monikers on
the buildings, places or streets we
pass every day?
Unless we have an intimate connection, such as attending Ballard Elementary School, we probably wouldn’t know the origins of
the names.
Maybe you’ve sat behind home
plate in McKechnie Field, quaffing a couple of cold ones and
wondered, “Who in the heck is
McKechnie?”
Of course, he has to be someone famous.
Matter of fact, he’s William Boyd
McKechnie.
What, still don’t know who he
is?
Well, old William played with
the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1910 to
1921 before becoming their coach
for a year.
He managed the Pirates from 1922
to 1925 and took them to a World
Series championship in 1925.
When McKechnie retired the
moved to Bradenton and is even
buried here.
Sometimes newcomers get confused, such as with the Green
Bridge.
It’s not green.
It’s named after E.P. Green, a Bradenton mayor and businessman
and member of the Florida State
Road Department board.
Completed in 1927 at a cost of
$1 million, it was replaced in 1987
and the alignment on the Bradenton
side was changed from 10th Street
West to Ninth Street West.
Most people can figure out the
other traffic bridge crossing the
Manatee River into Bradenton is
named after Hernando de Soto, the
Spanish explorer who is said to have
landed on the shore of Manatee
County to begin his trek through
the Southeast in the 1539.
But many don’t know that the
riverfront street in front of City
Centre — Barcarrota Boulevard
— is named after the conquistador’s hometown in Spain.
Ever since the Hernando de Soto
Historical Society was founded
69 years ago, Bradenton has had
a special connection with De So-
to’s birthplace.
The two are Sister Cities and dignitaries are exchanged through the
year during the DeSoto Heritage
Festival and other special events.
There are many more interesting
stories to be found in the names
of the various places, things and
streets in Bradenton all to be discovered through research at the
Manatee County Central Library,
which is downtown on Barcarrota
Boulevard.
And now you know where that
name came from.
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Renovation poised to return
historic hotel to elegance
By CHARLES SCHELLE
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L
ike a dubutante readying for her coming out
party, the former “Pink
Palace” is all dressed in white
and preparing for her debut.
Renovations to the hotel,
309 10th St. W., are expected to be completed by the
end of November in time for
the second annual Bradenton Blues Festival. When it
opens, about 50,000 guests
are expected to stay at the
hotel annually, offering a
$2.5 million economic impact to Bradenton. The hotel now has an official name,
too: Hampton Inn and Suites
Bradenton Downtown Historic District.
A Syracuse, N.Y.-based
company, Widewaters Group,
is in the midst of transforming the aging building into
an elegant hotel. Folks are
clamoring to have their event
booked at the hotel and have
contacted Widewaters Hotel
Management Co., for possible
dates before a sales manager
was even in place, said Brian Long, director of development for Widewaters.
“Some people have contacted the hotel management
company and started a dialogue about events they wanted to book there,” Long said,
adding that spring training
dates were of interest for at
least one group. “Sometime
in the summer we will have
a sales manager on staff and
that person will be working
on events and group bookings.”
For regular bookings,
Hampton Inn is anticipated to have the hotel in its system in the fall, Long said.
Widewaters received more
than $1 million in incentives
and $1.5 million in tax rebates
from the city for the renovation of the historic hotel,
and broke ground in January.
Construction is at the halfway point, revealing a new
look for the building as workers turn their attention to interior improvements for the
next several months.
“We’ve seen the emphasis
the city and county placed
on the renovation of downtown,” Long said. “One of
the main reasons we’re involved in this is we believe
they had a vision to be successful in that and we wanted to be a part of it.”
Widewaters is in the midst
of getting the building on the
National Register of Historic Places and is adhering to
strict National Parks Service
standards for the $15 million
rehabilitation. That’s why
folks are seeing white with
turquoise tiles on the building instead of the pink, which
wasn’t original but came in
the last 40 years. Inside, the
hotel’s lobby, ballroom and
exterior walls will be returned to their 1920s charm
as well.
“A lot of the legwork started three years ago when we
first got into the project,”
Long said. “We had an his- During the renovations, the hotel’s lobby, ballroom and exterior walls will be returned to their 1920s charm.
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The Manatee River Hotel was built in the mid-1920s for $850,000.
toric architect that researched the
hotel and researched a lot of pictures for the interior and exterior,” Long said.
Working with both the State
Historic Preservation Office and
the Parks Service, Widewaters received certification that the property was historic, are working within guidelines for what needs to
remain and what needs to be restored, and when finished, the entities will verify that Widewaters
implemented the plan in order to
receive certification, Long said.
“One of the most unique amenities is that the entire first floor is
being restored to its historic time
period — the lobby and the vaulted great room in the rear of the
building,” he said. “That is something people have expressed interest in for banquets and wedding
receptions.”
The area is short on hotel rooms,
and this will add to the inventory for the already-busy season of
events planned, including rowing
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events along the Riverwalk. The
hotel will offer people a place to
stay after a day seeing spring training at McKechnie Field, or a play
in the Manatee Performing Arts
Center or shopping in the Village
of the Arts.
Having another downtown hotel in place with amenities nearby has led to talks with major developers from Chicago, new York
and Miami about other downtown
projects and restaurants, said David Gustafson, executive director
of the Downtown Development
Authority.
The hotel lacks a restaurant, so
it’s an opportunity for restaurateurs downtown, Long said.
“All of our guests need to eat out
for lunch and dinner. The Hampton Inn operation has free breakfast for our guests, but we don’t
have a dining facility for lunch and
dinner,” Long said. Special events
will be catered, and the hotel will
find businesses in the community
to provide for those events, giving
another chance to boost the local
economy, he said.
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All of those guests staying at the
hotel will need a place to park, and
that plan is coming together.
Widewaters secured parking
through a 70-year lease at a county-owned lot for 25 spaces across
the street from the hotel, and has
40 on-site spaces at the hotel.
Workers will be installing 20 angled spaces along 10th street for hotel guests and additional overflow
parking will be provided by the
City of Bradenton in city-owned
spaces and lots, Long said,
The hotel was built in the mid1920s by the Van Sweringer Co.,
of Cleveland, for $850,000.
The hotel attracted deep-pocketed patrons until it closed in the
1960s as the Manatee River Hotel,
and came back to life as a senior
home called the Riverpark Hotel. The senior residence closed
in 2005 and it has remained vacant since.
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Aerial looking southwest over Bradenton from river showing “The Sandpile” riverfront fill
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Canopies provide shade for sitting areas near the volleyball court of Bradenton’s Riverwalk
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Bradenton’s Riverwalk attracts all ages
By JANEY TATE
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erry Thompson is at
the Bradenton Riverwalk at least twice
a day, and he would come
more if he could.
“It’s really vibrant. There
is so much activity out there.
It’s a nice combination of active and passive things to
do,” said Thompson about
the relaxing by the river or
skating at the park.
Whether he’s walking his
dog or working out, Thompson said he was impressed
with the city’s plans and
that’s what prompted him
to move his business, Webtivity Design Solutions, and
himself to Downtown Bradenton.
“I liked what I saw,” said
Thompson, 50, who is originally from Michigan and
moved back to the area in
2009.
Future Realize Bradenton Events
• The Pickin’ Picnic, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. May 26. Local
high school students will perform a variety of music
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Then at 4 p.m. Americana folk
musicians will perform.
• July 4th — Residents are encouraged to spend a
day at Riverwalk and watch fireworks that evening.
For more details on these events, email Laura
McKeithen at [email protected], or visit
RealizeBradenton.com. Due to summer weather
restraints, Realize Bradenton does not have more
events scheduled, but will resume in October.
However, you can visit the calendar of events on their
website for local happenings at the Riverwalk.
The 1.5 mile Riverwalk attracts people from all over
Florida to the Friendly City.
Since its opening in October
of last year, people have enjoyed the many attractions
of the Riverwalk, which include the 400-seat Mosaic Amphitheater, the Family Fun Zone with a colorful
splash fountain and playgrounds, Fishing Pier, out-
door living rooms, the Tidal
Discovery Zone, beach volley ball areas, and the Skate
Park which was designed and
constructed by the awardwinning Team Pain Skate
Parks organization.
A favorite place to visit
among the youth is the professional-grade skate park.
Parents enjoy taking their
children to the playground
and splash fountain.
Allana Luquette, 33 who
brought her son and daughter to the park, likes the Family Fun Zone the most. After
picking up her son from daycare in Palmetto, she heads
across the bridge to the Riverwalk so her kids can let
loose in the jungle gym.
“We love it here,” said
Luquette, who lives in Parrish, but doesn’t mind driving over to Bradenton for the
Riverwalk.
Sivan Hoch, who came from
Miami Beach to solely visit
the skate park, said that he
comes almost monthly.
Hoch, a semi-pro skate
boarder, said his friends helped
build the park and suggested
he come test out his skateboarding skills there.
“The park flows really
well. I think it’s awesome,”
said Hoch, 24. “How can
I complain? It’s a perfect
skate park.”
The city of Bradenton Mayor Wayne Poston couldn’t
complain about the Riverwalk either. He called the
outdoor entertainment area
a success.
“It’s been better than expected,” said Poston, who is
out there daily.
Poston doesn’t know about
future plans for the park since
he and city officials are still
learning how residents use
the Riverwalk.
“We’ve thought about expanding the Riverwalk, but
we will have to see how the
economy haves over the next
few years,” Poston said.
Poston wants to keep the
place looking like new. So
far the city has spent much
effort and money maintaining the Riverwalk.
Even with the Riverwalk
still looking like new, some
residents would like to see
more activities and attractions added to the desti-
nation.
Terry Thompson said that
having vendors who not only
sell food but rent equipment
for water sports would possibly drive more people to
the Riverwalk.
He also said connecting
the area to the Village of the
Arts would make for a more
eclectic Downtown Bradenton experience.
“If we can tie that with Old
Main Street and Riverwalk
we will have a downtown that
many cities will envy,” said
Thompson, who also suggested added picnic tables
would be convenient.
Allana Luquette said having more family friendly
shows at the amphitheater
would make the Riverwalk
more appealing.
However, Cynthia Nunez,
21, and Destiny Dawson, 23,
two friends who come to the
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The Manatee Players stage a production of “Dracula.” MANATEE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Crews work at the new Manatee Performing Arts Center as it is readied for the opening of
Manatee Players’ production of the musical “Miss Saigon.” HERALD FILE PHOTO
Downtown Bradenton revels in the arts
The arts enhance
the city and define
its cultural identity
By MARTY CLEAR
[email protected]
I
f you’ve been paying attention to what’s going on
in Bradenton, you know
what the biggest arts development in recent months
has been.
In March, the Manatee Play-
ers said goodbye to its historic home at the Riverfront
Theatre and introduced the
city’s theatergoers to the Manatee Performing Arts Center
with a spectacular production of “Miss Saigon.”
The center lived up to all
the hype, from the great sightlines to the spacious stage and
gorgeous lobby, highlighted
by an opulent chandelier that
was used in the film “Gone
With the Wind.”
But the real beauty of the
new theater became apparent
in the high-tech production
of “Miss Saigon” that showed
Manatee Players’ audiences
that they’re going to be treated to a style of theater that
they only could have imagined until now.
That show, and the subsequent “Fiddler on the Roof,”
actually marked the end of
the 2012-13 season for Manatee Players. The company’s first full season at the
Manatee Performing Arts
Center begins in August
with a production of “Les
Miserables.”
There are two theaters in
the performing arts center,
which will allow Manatee
Players to stage more shows
than ever before. Other shows
in the inaugural season include “Grease,” “Always ...
Patsy Cline,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Our Town,” “Peter Pan,” “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” “The
Mystery of Edwin Drood,”
“Stepping Out,” “Shrek,” “Beehive,” “Man of La Mancha,”
“Greater Tuna” and “My One
and Only.”
One great thing about the
new performing arts center, with its 280-seat Cora
May Stone Theater and its
more intimate 100-seat studio theater, is that it will allow other events that until
now would never have had
a place to perform, to come
to Bradenton.
One’s on tap already. On
May 25, Theatre Winter Haven, one of the most acclaimed
community theaters in the
state, will bring its produc-
tion of “Golda’s Balcony”
to the Manatee Performing
Arts Center.
And there’s talk of bringing
some films from the Sarasota
Film Festival to the performing arts center next year.
But the Manatee Players
are just part of what one local official called a “perfect
storm” of the arts in Bradenton. The storm started last
year, with the completion of
the Riverwalk and the spec-
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tacularly successful first annual Bradenton Blues Festival. (The second annual
festival, featuring Shemekia
Copeland, is set for December of this year). That perfect storm shows no signs
of calming.
In fact, the respected quarterly arts magazine American Style recently named
Bradenton the second-best
small city for the arts in the
United States.
It takes a Village
One reason is the Village of the Arts, the quaint
and distinctive 13-year-old
neighborhood of artists,
galleries, studios and restaurants.
“It’s really an exciting place
to be,” said Christine Turner, a village resident who
owns and operates the Baobob Gallery with her husband, Gordon. “We’ve been
here for 10 years and it just
keeps getting better.”
There’s plenty in the village to please arts lovers
any day of the week, but the
neighborhood really comes
alive during the artwalks, on
the first weekend of every
month, when visitors can
celebrate the art, music and
food of Bradenton.
In the past few months, efforts to enhance the neighborhood for its residents and
visitors have been enhanced,
through community meetings and through studies
conducted by the University of South Florida and New
College in conjunction with
Realize Bradenton.
The challenge, Turner said,
is to continually improve the
neighborhood without destroying its charming ambiance. The study recommended, among other things,
that problems with standing water be alleviated by
planting gardens to absorb
water rather than building
sewers to take it away.
Taylor said she’s watched
artists in other cities try to
create something like a village of the arts, but it’s usually
quashed by city leaders.
“We’re fortunate to have
a city government that values the arts,” she said.
Incidentally, the city that
finished just ahead of Bradenton in that American Style
magazine poll was Sarasota. That brings challenges
to Bradenton as it evolves its
own artistic identity. Arts
leaders want Brandeton to
complement its neighbor to
the South.
“That gets brought up
a lot,” Turner said. “People point to what Sarasota
does. We want to keep getting better, but we want to
be Bradenton, not another
Sarasota.”
South Florida Museum
Another downtown Bradenton institution is the South
Florida Museum, which bills
itself as the largest cultural
and natural history museum on the Gulf Coast.
The museum hosts permanent and rotating art and
scientific exhibits in several
galleries, and it’s also home
the Bishop Planetarium and
the Parker Manatee Aquarium. The aquarium offers
care and a temporary home
for injured or ailing manatees who are released back
into the wild after they’re
rehabilitated.
The museum regularly
hosts after-hours parties
with live music and local
cuisine, as well as a Film Friday series. This summer, the
series features classic sci-fi
flicks about alien invaders,
from “Invasion of the Body
Snatchers” to “Little Shop
of Horrors.”
“The residents said that
they wanted more to do
downtown,” said Brynne
Anne Besio, executive director of the museum. “Our cul-
tural events and film nights
have been popular. I think
people are beginning to realize that they can come
downtown and find something interesting, even scientifically interesting.”
Also downtown is
ArtCenter Manatee, one of
the premier visual arts center in the area. It’s one of the
few galleries in the country
that hosts the National Watercolor Society and it hosts
rotating exhibits and classes year-round.
Old Main Street
Old Main Street Merchants Association’s Main
Stree Live block party is 5-10
p.m. every third Thursday
(except for July and August)
on Old Main Street. Vendors sell food, drinks, arts
and crafts and local bands
provide music.
Downtown Development
Authority’s Downtown Bradenton Farmers Market is
9 a.m.-2 p.m. every Saturday,
October through May, on
Old Main Street. The market offers fresh produce,
plants and flowers, plus jewelry arts and crafts.
Other annual downtown
events include the DeSoto
Heritage Festival’s Seafood
Fest and the Grand Parade
and After Parade Party.
The institutions and events
in the downtown area do
much more than attract residents and visitors, local arts
leaders say. They actually
help define the city.
“Bradenton’s culture is
not new, not artificial, not
pretentious,” said Johnette
Isham, executive director
of Realize Bradenton, “It is
a lively reflection of the diverse groups that have, and
continue to contribute.”
Marty Clear, features writer/
columnist, can be reached
at 941-748-0411, ext. 799.
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A worker prepares food at Council’s Pool Hall, a downtown Bradenton landmark.
Tarpon Pointe Grill and Tiki Bar serves as the eastern anchor of the new Riverwalk on
Bradenton’s shoreline along the Manatee River. HERALD FILE PHOTO
Downtown hangouts offer good conversation, great food
By VIN MANNIX
[email protected]
W
here to go after
another game under those Friday
Night Lights?
That’s the weekly question that arises early in the
fourth quarter of whatever
Manatee County high school
football game we’re at that
particular Friday night.
Looking for a quaint, inexpensive lunch spot during the week?
If your tastes are varied,
downtown is a good bet for
both.
Check out our favorite
spots:
• Arts & Eats, 1114 Old
Main St. One of the Village
of the Arts gems with great
food and a colorful envi-
ronment.
• Central Cafe, 906 Manatee Ave. E. A cool destination for lunch or dinner
in downtown Old Manatee. Try the cream of tomato blue soup with a swirl of
blue cheese.
• Charisma Cafe, 1004 10th
Ave. W. Another gem in the
Village of the Arts where the
food is delicious and the atmosphere is so relaxing.
• Cork’s, 424 Old Main
St. Cold beer, cigars, good
wines and great music. Trivia on Tuesdays is a crowd
favorite.
• Council’s Recreation Parlor, 536 Old Main St. , Bradenton. Along with the best
cheeseburger downtown, proprietor and head chef Lawton Smith invariably serves
up a running commentary
on City Hall, county government, the way things used to
be, the way things ought to
be, and whether Joe Kinnan’s
Manatee Hurricanes have
the right stuff for their sixth
state championship.
• Distillery, 450 12th W. The
latest addition to Old Main
Street offers good music and
good times and pizza.
• Favs Italian Cucina, 419
Old Main St. A favorite familiar face on Old Main Street
with great pasta, and hefty
baked subs on homemade
bread.
• Ferraro’s Italian Grille,
817B 14th St. W., Bradenton.
The LoGrande family makes
linguini and clam sauce just
the way we like it and the pizza is some the best around,
too. You can also try their locations in Parrish and Lake-
wood Ranch.
• The Lost Kangaroo Pub,
406 Old Main St. Longtime
downtown favorite didn’t
miss a beat moving across
Old Main Street.
• McCabe’s, 302 Old Main
St. A genuine Irish pub with
its own distinctive flair on Old
Main Street. Their Sunday
Bloody Mary bar is a sight
to behold.
• O’Bricks Irish Pub &
Martini Bar, 427 Old Main
St. A great place to stop after work and the place is always humming. They serve
a wonderful lobster BLT.
• Old Main Pub, 313 Old
Main St. The granddaddy
of the Old Main Street public houses.
• Ortygia, 1418 13th St. W.
Yet another Village of the
Arts gem, where the Sicil-
ian cuisine is supreme.
• Pier 22, 1200 First Ave.
W. For dining on the waterfront, you can’t beat the convenient location. The restaurant is known for its beautiful
riverfront view and made-toorder sushi.
Try the Hawaiian roll —
tempura fried with tuna,
cream cheese, pineapple and
spicy sweet chili sauce. Their
happy hour menu is one of
the best around.
• Popi’s, 818 17th Ave. W.
From’s Popi’s Too in Palmetto to Popi’s VI in West Bradenton to the newest addition in Lakewood Ranch, the
food, service and homespun
touch of Team Ameres gives
new meant to the words comfort food.
• Tarpon Pointe, 801 Riverside Dr. The tiki bar and
outdoor ambience make this
Manatee River hideaway a
destination. It’s the perfect
place to kick off your flipflops and play a game of volleyball or cornhole.
Grab a bucket of beer and a
giant hot dog off the grill and
enjoy the live entertainment
and unbeatable views.
• YachtSea Grille, 101 Riverfront Blvd., Suite 120. The
newest restaurant in downtown Bradenton has a view of
the Riverwalk’s skate park.
According to its website,
YachtSea Grille can be described as Mid-West meets
the Gulf Coast with fresh seafood and fresh cuts of beef.
Try their award-winning
Polynesian pork shanks.
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Community events,
traditions tell us
what month it is
By VIN MANNIX
[email protected]
T
here is no need for a
calendar when you
live in Bradenton. Just
follow the rhythm of events
that go on year-round.
Like the annual Manatee County Fair. If the fairgrounds off 17th Street in
Palmetto are humming with
amusement rides and folks
are filling up on corn dogs,
elephant ears and sweet kettle corn, it’s January.
It’s the same for the annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Humanitarian Awards Banquet, an impressive gathering of who’s who at the Palmetto Youth Center.
Then it’s February when
the annual Manatee Cham-
ber of Commerce Dinner, as
well as Manatee Community Foundation Spirit of Manatee Awards Luncheon take
place.
Ditto for the Service Club’s
annual Antique and Collectible Show and the annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival, a glimpse into a unique
culture that’s endured for
more than 120 years.
If it’s March, that means
spring training is cranking
up at McKechnie Field in all
its expanded glory and the
Pittsburgh Pirates are back
in town.
It also means the annual Anna Maria Island Art
League SpringFest as well
as the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Holmes Beach, the
Hope Family Services Black
& White dinner and auction,
the American Cancer Society’s Cattle Baron Ball and
Anna Maria Island Community Center’s “Affaire to Remember.”
Which brings us to April
and a heavy dose of all things
DeSoto.
There’s DeSoto Heritage
Festival Children’s Parade
and the sprawling Seafood
Festival to get the month going. Then there’s the Bottle
Boat Regatta, followed by the
Desoto Ball and the DeSoto Heritage Festival Grand
Parade that closes the society’s monthlong celebration with a bang — and a
ton of beads.
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It’s October if Hunsader
Farms is turned out for its
annual Pumpkin Festival.
Snooty’s Gala means it’s
November.
Ditto for the Manatee
County Boys & Girls Club
gala and the Bishop Animal Shelter’s annual Canine Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas,
December means it’s the
annual Winter Wonderland
on Old Main Street and the
Holiday Boat Parade on the
Manatee River.
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season in April at McKechnie Field.
The annual Gulf Coast
Rhythm & Ribfest has also
become an April regular
event at the fairgrounds.
May ushers in events like
the annual Crosthwait Memorial Fishing Tournament,
the annual Manatee Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Awards Luncheon and the Lucky Duck
race benefitting PACE Center for Girls.
It also has several annual benefit golf tournaments
with Southeast High, Palmetto High, Boys & Girls
Club and the Phil Galvano
Golf Classic.
June has the American Red
Cross Boot Camp Ball.
July brings Independence
Day, which is celebrated
around here with as much
if not more community spirit than anywhere.
There’s the DeSoto Fishing Tournament, too.
August’s arrival ushers in
a new school year.
Come September, high
school football’s regular season is back and going strong
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As one of Manatee County’s top 10 employers, Bradenton’s economy is juiced by the 1,100 workers at the Tropicana plant.
From left, David A. Hamrick and Tropicana founder Anthony
Rossi hold the company’s pollution control award.
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Tropicana continues to grow roots in Bradenton
By CHARLES SCHELLE
[email protected]
T
hey say in Hershey,
Pa., the air smells
of chocolate as you
make your way to HersheyPark and the chocolate plant.
The air in Bradenton is even
sweeter as citrus scents waft
through the air as drivers
near the Tropicana plant off
of U.S. 301.
As drivers continue into
Bradenton, they are greeted by the Tropicana box cars
and a whistling train that
proclaims, yes, you’re in the
land of Tropicana.
As one of Manatee County’s top 10 employers, Bradenton’s economy is juiced
by the 1,100 workers at the
plant, 850 13th Ave E. Tropicana is set to squeeze out
more revenue with a major
campus renovation. That
renovation recently got a
significant push when the
Florida Legislature passing
the Manufacturing Competitiveness Act to streamline
the plant’s redevelopment.
The legislation, if the Governor doesn’t veto it, would
allow Tropicana to bypass
site plan approval because
each building is incorporated with a master general development plan.
“For counties like Manatee County, the Manufacturing Competitiveness Act
provides for streamlined
permitting at the state level,” said Steve Lezman, senior director of public affairs at PepsiCo., the parent
company of Tropicana. The
same cannot be said for Tropicana’s Fort Pierce plant because St. Lucie County lacks
the streamlined permitting
process, called a Local Manufacturing Development Program, that Manatee County
has built in.
“Manatee County is probably on the leading edge in
the state when it comes to
streamlining permits,” Lezman said.
Last year Tropicana Manufacturing filed to renew
its master plan with Manatee County. Tropicana has
183 acres in unincorporated Manatee County while
the remaining 102 acres reside in the city of Bradenton.
In the original plan in 1990,
the county approved Tropicana building a maximum of
4 million square feet, but every time the company wanted to build another building
shown on its master plan, the
company had to embark on a
lengthy approval process for
site plans, landscape, parking
and additional building requirements that had already
been spelled out.
Now that those basic areas are met and agreed upon,
Tropicana can at any time request a building permit on its
current campus, which features 2.3 million of building
and plant space.
In 2012, Tropicana completed a $4 million, 36,000-squarefoot plant designed to switch
from cardboard to plastic
packaging. The company
also announced only Florida
oranges would be used in its
Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice, which prompted
the latest talks for the master
plan as Tropicana sought to
add 1.67 million square feet
of additional building space
needed to process the Florida oranges.
Details about its plans for
the coming year are staying
under wrap — which buildings will come online, and
if any more people will be
hired — to avoid disclosing
anything to the competition,
Lezman said. Coca-Cola announced this month that it is
making a move into Florida,
including spending $2 billion
to support the planting of
25,000 acres of new orange
groves in the state.
Tropicana has no plans to
leave its Bradenton home and
will continue to invest in its
Florida operations.
“The plant in Bradenton
has been here for over 60
years,” he said. “It’s one of
our anchor facilities, and
it’s important this plant remains competitive in the industry.”
Tropicana is finding ways
to maintain its Bradenton
roots by parterning with other businesses in the county.
Berry Plastics provides bottle caps for Tropicana, and
signed a lease with Benderson Development to open in
November a 120,000-squarefoot distribution center on U.S.
301 near University Parkway,
as the juice maker changes
production on its bottling
operations.
If there’s an orange to be
sold, chances are it’s in Tropicana’s hands. Tropicana buys
one out of every three oranges grown commercially in the state, and oversees
400 orange groves in Florida. The drink maker also
processes 41 million boxes
of fruit annually.
From the grove, the oranges make their way by semitractor trailers to conveyor belts where the citrus is
further scrutinized for quality. The best make it to the
next round to be washed,
destemmed and have their
juice extracted.
Machines separate pulp,
skin and seed and are re-
used while the extracted
juice is bottled.
Antony Rossi, an Italian
immigrant, started the company in 1947 after buying a
local Palmetto fruit shipper. He called the company
Manatee River Packing Co.
and started with 45 employees before moving the company to Bradenton in 1949
when it became Fruit Industries Inc.
The juicing operations began after Rossi needed a way
to use oranges too small for
gift baskets.
The Tropicana name is
one of local lure. One story
says Rossi saw the name of
a local motel called Tropicana Cabins while another
story says Rossi combined
the word tropical with his
wife’s name, Anna.
Rossi died in 1993 at age
92, and five years later PepsiCo purchased Tropicana
for $3.3 billion.
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Manatee County’s largest healthcare
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By SUSAN HEMMINGWAY
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T
he county’s three main
hospitals made significant progress this year
through opening new special units for patients, earning accreditations, and introducing new programs.
In February, Blake Medical Center’s Level II trauma
center won full accreditation from the state of Florida. The accreditation marked
the end of a 41/2-year process of planning, training
and staff preparation to create the only hospital trauma
center in Manatee, Sarasota
and DeSoto counties.
The $2.5 million, two-bay
expansion is where patients
with life-threatening inju-
ries can receive emergency trauma care when every
minute counts.
Seven trauma surgeons
are now at the Blake trauma center.
Other highlights for Blake,
a 383-bed hospital at 2020
59th St. W. in Bradenton, included its new $5 million “hybrid” operating room.
The new room is both a
large catheter lab and openheart surgery suite, built expressly for the hospital’s new
transcatheter aortic valve
replacement program. Surgeons in the program are
able to replace faulty valves
through a cardiac catheter
instead of invasive openheart surgery.
A new high-amenities cardiac care unit providing specialized care for open-heart
surgery patients also is now
at Blake.
The unit features nine private rooms for patients who
have had major heart surgery
and are ready to leave the intensive care unit.
Manatee County’s largest
healthcare provider is Manatee Healthcare System with
two hospitals, Manatee Memorial Hospital and Lakewood
Ranch Medical Center.
Manatee Memorial, dedicated in 1953, is celebrating
its 60th year.
The 319-bed acute care hospital, located at 206 Second
St. E. in Bradenton, continued to receive accolades for
its stroke and cardiac care
treatment.
For the fourth year in a row,
the American Heart Association presented Manatee Memorial’s Stroke and Cerebrovascular Department with
the Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement.
The hospital’s Manatee
Heart and Vascular Center received accreditation
by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and
the Joint Commission and
was awarded the Get With
the Guidelines Gold Performance Award for treatment
of heart failure.
Other highlights for Manatee Memorial include the addition of a third hyperbaric
chamber at the Wound Care
and Hyperbaric Treatment
Center, where hard-to-heal
wounds are treated through
oxygen therapy.
Manatee Memorial is the
only hospital in the county to offer a residency program for medical students.
In partnership with the Lake
Erie College of Osteopathic
Medicine, the program has
expanded to 44 residents
and the first class will graduate in 2014
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, located at 8330
Lakewood Ranch Blvd. in
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Each suite is designed to ac-
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as pediatric patients.
Rooms are equipped with
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area and mini-refrigerator.
The medical center is the
only hospital in Manatee and
Sarasota counties to offer
around-the-clock coverage
by an pediatric emergency
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The ER physician who
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continues to care for that
patient while the child is
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Baseball in Bradenton is not just for springtime
By JOHN LEMBO
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B
aseball’s stay in Bradenton
used to be brief. The Pittsburgh Pirates arrived in town
early in February, played about 30
games in March and headed north
in April.
And McKechnie Field stayed
closed, save for the occasional high
school tournament or Easter service, for nearly 11 months.
Then the Marauders arrived on
Bradenton’s shores and brought
a whole bunch of baseball with
them.
The Bradenton Marauders are a
high Single-A minor league affiliate
of the Pirates who compete in the
Florida State League and play 140
games a year, including 70 at tradition-rich McKechnie Field.
And McKechnie looks better
than ever before — the ballpark
underwent a $10 million overhaul
that included the addition of about
2,000 new seats, a boardwalk that
spans the entire outfielder, a tiki
bar, party areas and a new set of
bleachers in left field.
Their story began to take shape
in November 2009, when the Pirates decided to purchase the minor-league affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, which used to play its
home games at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota. Once the FSL ap-
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to move their Single-A minorleague team from Lynchburg, Va.,
to Bradenton.
The move made sense. Not only
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than 40 years, but McKechnie Field
is less than 5 miles from Pirate
City, the organization’s sprawling
minor-league complex and southern baseball headquarters.
And so it began.
The team name and logo were
announced in December 2009,
and the uniforms — home, away
and alternative versions — were
unveiled during pep rally the following March on Old Main Street
in Bradenton.
A month later, during a civic
luncheon at Pirate City, the team’s
25-player roster and its coaching
staff was introduced, and select
players spent the ensuing days
meeting and greeting fans and
signing autographs.
Then came the main event —
the Marauders played their first
game April 8, 2010, at McKechnie Field.
In front of almost 2,400 fans, the
Marauders ripped into the Fort Myers Miracle 18-3, with the first hit
coming off the bat of Greg Picart
and the first home run courtesy of
Quincy Latimore.
The team was a hit. The Maraud-
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South Division in the second half,
resulting in a playoff berth, and repeated the feat in 2011.
Several Marauders have already
made it to the big leagues — pitchers Nathan Adcock, Bryan Morris
and Jeff Locke, catcher Eric Fryer
and outfielders Starling Marte and
Robbie Grossman.
And the Marauders appeal to
more than just Pirates fans.
Affiliates of the Tampa Bay Rays,
New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies are also included in the
12-team Florida State League, giving boosters of all colors a chance
to see their teams’ probable stars
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Manatee is a cradle
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igh school football
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itself to many people.
It would be hard to find
any comparable sized county in the country that has
had so much success on the
gridiron, and that success
was furthered last season
when the Manatee Hurricanes won the Class 7A state
championship.
It was the program’s fifth
overall title and first since
1992, and it was the county’s
first since Southeast won it
all in ’94.
There are heroes who
spawn generations going
back to 1975, when Palmetto
won the county’s first state
title, and the ’80s when Manatee High won the first of its
five state football championships and Southeast followed with back-to-back titles in ’93 and ’94.
The list of legendary heroes even goes back to the
Manatee County High
School Football team
1915. Back row, from
left, Raymond Rood,
J.C. Howard, Coach
and Olin Gates. Center
row, from left, Clarence
Harvey, Herman Taylor,
Kehr Knight and Alden
Pearson. Front row, from
left, Leon Amlong, Fred
Christopher, Dewey Dye,
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days of segregation when
the old Lincoln Memorial High was churning out
football players who became folk heroes in their
own time.
It never seems to end.
Manatee’s 2010 preseason
game with Tampa Plant was
broadcast on ESPN, and the
Hurricanes ended last season ranked in the top 15 nationally by ESPN, MaxPreps
and Rivals.
There is a Hall of Fame
coach in Manatee High’s
Joe Kinnan and another in
Southeast head coach Paul
Maechtle.
In 2008, Manatee County, with only six public high
schools, including one less
than five years old, had two
of its former players selected in the first round of the
NFL Draft. Southeast High
grad Mike Jenkins was chosen by the Dallas Cowboys
and Dominque RodgersCromartie of Lakewood
Ranch by the Arizona Cardinals.
Four former Manatee
County players have Super Bowl rings, in Bill Anderson and Tyrone Williams
(Green Bay Packers), Henry
Lawrence (Oakland Raiders)
and Alvoid Mays (Washington Redskins).
Williams, who played at
Manatee High, is the only
NFL player to start on two
college national championship teams (Nebraska)
and a Super Bowl cham-
pion for three consecutive
years (1994-96).
The list of local pros is
impressive: Manatee High
(Tyrone Williams, Henry
Lawrence, Alvoid Mays,
Richard Trapp, Ed Culpepper, Roger Pettee, Stacey
Dawsey and Bill Anderson,
who played in Super Bowl I
for the Green Bay Packers);
Southeast (Mike Jenkins, Peter Warrick, Adrian McPherson, John Reeves, Danny
Boyd and Julius Wilson);
Bayshore (Fabian Washington and Robert “Pig” Goff);
and Lakewood Ranch’s Rodgers-Cromartie.
There are others who didn’t
play in the NFL but captured
the imagination of a country. The one who stands out
is Manatee High’s Tommie
Frazier, a Heisman Trophy
runner-up at Nebraska, who
led the Huskers to two national titles. Also can’t forget Willie Taggart, who set
a new standard for quarterbacks in NCAA Division
I-AA football and is now head
coach at nearby University
of South Florida.
Some of the history goes
backtothe1950swhenWheeler Leeth coached Manatee
High football. He was elected
into the Florida Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1992
and one of his players, Roger
Pettee , a center-linebacker,
is believed to be the county’s first Parade All-American first teamer in 1960.
The impact of football in
Manatee County is not just
limited to the field. There
was history made here that
changed the nation and altered the landscape of college football for generations
to come.
The most notable moment
came when Palmetto hometown hero Ray Bellamy, given credit for integrating bigtime college football in the
South, signed to play for the
University of Miami.
Bellamy, a talented receiver,
played at then all- black Lincoln Memorial High where
he was student body president.
He signed with Miami in
December of 1966, making
him the Jackie Robinson of
college football in the Deep
South.
His signing broke a huge
barrier at the University of
Miami and helped open the
doors for African-Americans at other highly touted
college football programs in
the South such as Alabama,
along with Florida and Florida State.
During the days of segregation, Lincoln Memorial High put outstanding
teams on the football field that
were so popular, traffic often
stalled in the bridge leading
into Palmetto by fans wanting to see the action.
Many people believe the
greatest of the Lincoln players was Eugene (Edggit) Hart,
who went on to play at Texas Southern.
He finished his high school
career with more than 5,000
total yards of offense and 72
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[ LOOKING BACK ]
Bradenton: scenes from the 1900s
1900: The 20th century
began in Bradenton with the
opening of the town’s first
bank “the Bank of Manatee
in Braidentown” on Jan. 1,
1900.John T. Campbell and
Tampa banker T.C. Taliaferro joined forces in 1899
to form the bank, which was
housed on the first floor of
the Warren Opera House
on Main Street. On that first
day of business, there were
$26,000 in deposits from 44
customers.
Many years later, in 1973,
the bank boasted another first,
becoming the first bank in
Manatee County to offer 24hour banking service with the
Teller 24 ATM system.
The name of the bank was
changed to The First National Bank of Bradentown
in 1912 and to Ellis First National Bank of Bradenton in
1974. It later became part of
the NCNB banking group
of North Carolina, and now
Bank of America.
The Bank of Manatee in
Braidentown was three years
older than the city itself,
which was incorporated in
May 1903.
A.T. Cornwell was the first
mayor, and the city dropped
the “i” from the name to become Bradentown. When the
town got its first post office in
1878, it was commissioned as
Braidentown when a postal
clerk misspelled the name.
The city was called Bradentown from 1903 until 1924,
when it dropped the “w” and
became Bradenton.
1902: Shannon Funeral
Home opened.
1903: Braidentown’s first
power plant was opened Dec.
29 by the Manatee Light and
Traction Co. The site was the
Staff at the office of the Bradenton Herald for the 40th anniversary. From left, Jeanne France, Roger Ross, Walt Powers, Donna Swartz, Noel Coffage and
Lanny Checka. The Herald celebrated is 90th anniversary in 2012. Manatee County Library System
city parking lot where the atee Ave. E.
City Centre, 1005 Barcarrota
Blvd., now stands.
1907: City Hall Shoe Shop
opened.
1906: Manatee Drug Co.
was founded by John James
1907: The Bradentown LiPelot in the town of Manatee, brary Association was orgawhich would become part of nized and became the drivBradenton in 1944. The store ing force behind the Carnegie
later became Pelot’s Rex- Library on 15th Street West
all Pharmacy and has been at Fourth Avenue. The Palowned and operated by four metto Library Association
generations of the Pelot fam- followed in 1912. A few years
ily. The drugstore still is a after that, the two cities relocal landmark at 831 Man- ceived library construction
grants from the Carnegie
Foundation; Palmetto got its
library in 1914, Bradentown in
1918.Bradenton’s first library
was opened in a dry goods
store in 1898 by Julia Fuller.
After the libraries were built,
the first librarians were Lucien Stone in Bradentown
and Belle Fuchs in Palmetto.1908: Wyman & Green’s
Real Estate Inc. opened (now
known as Wyman, Green &
Blalock).
1910: There were approximately 600 telephones
in Bradentown. Telephone
service in the city had begun in the mid-1890s, when
Dr. J.B. Leffingwell opened
a drugstore and post office
where the Courtyard retirement residence is today. His
home was on Point Pleasant,
and it was too far from the
drugstore to “whoop or holler” so Leffingwell decided
to put up a telephone line.
Two phones were purchased
from the Standard Electric
Company, and Alec Richardson and Jack Leffingwell
Jr. installed the equipment.
The wire — Army surplus
field telegraph wire — was
strung on pine trees, using
the necks of beer bottles for
insulators.
The Leffingwell house
was assigned telephone No.
1; H.G. Reed had No. 2; Ollie
Stuart had No. 3; H.L. Wad-
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ham had No. 4 and the Leffingwell Drug Store had No.
5. In providing additional
service, Stuart and Reed
built a line to Oneco, serving Reasoner’s Nursery and
the John Helms store. A second line was built to Sarasota.1915: Manatee County
High School was unbeaten and unscored upon in
football, leveling nine opponents by a combined 2110 score.
1915: Beall’s Department Stores opened (then
known as the V Dollar Limit Store).
1917: First Ford dealership — Bradentown Sales
Agency — opened for business in the Wallace Block.
The agency was the exclusive Ford representative in
the Bradentown territory,
and in addition to selling
the different cars made by
the Ford people, carried a
full and complete line of all
Ford parts.
1919: The Victory Bridge
across the Manatee River opened in August. The
wooden bridge connected Florida Avenue (Ninth
Street West) in Bradentown
with Lemon Street (Eighth
Avenue West) in Palmetto.
The span was named Victory Bridge because it was
built during World War I.
It was not the first bridge
over the river, having been
preceded by the Rye Bridge
east of the towns, but it was
the first toll-free span to
connect Bradentown and
Palmetto.
The wooden bridge was
destroyed by a hurricane
in 1926 and was replaced
by the first Green Bridge, a
concrete span, in 1927.Oct.
25, 1921: The largest hurricane to strike Manatee County this century hit the area.
Called “The Big One of ‘21,”
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Bradenton Herald, was published. R.P. Sponenbarger,
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destroy more than 4,000
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would cause more than $1
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leave Anna Maria Island and
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his partner, Robert W. Bentley, merged the weekly with
The Manatee River Journal to create the daily paper. The Herald was at 414
Pine Street and the phone
number was an easy-to-remember “28.” Later, after
Pine Street was renamed
and renumbered, the paper’s address was 401 13th
St. W., its offices until July
1984, when it moved to its
present home at 102 Manatee Ave. W. In 1925, Sponenbarger and Bentley sold the
paper to the Page Corp. of
Columbus, Ga. The Page
family owned the Herald
until 1973, when it sold the
paper to Knight Newspapers. When Knight Newspapers and Ridder Publications merged in 1974, the
Herald became a Knight
Ridder newspaper. In 2006,
the Knight Ridder Newspaper chain was bought by
the McClatchy newspaper
company.
1925: Larrabee Hospital
1926: The Dixie Grande
Hotel was built in the 1300
block of Sixth Avenue West.
In its early years, the 12-story
landmark became a homeaway-from-home for travelers, winter visitors and
major league ballplayers in
town for spring training. For
most of its 50-year life, the
hotel was a popular gathering place for townsfolk out
for dinner and dancing on
Saturday nights. Its heyday
ended in the late 1960s, and
they drove old Dixie down
on Aug. 4, 1974, to make
way for a bank. A series of
strategically placed charges were detonated simultaneously that morning and a
piece of Bradenton history
was reduced to rubble in a
matter of seconds.
1926: Cox Chevrolet
opened.
1932: Young major league
baseball pitcher Dizzy Dean
moved to Bradenton in the
winter to train with the St.
Louis Cardinals, known as
the Gas House Gang. Dean,
who lives in Palma Sola Park,
also bought a gas station
downtown on 10th Street
West across from the Manatee River Hotel and occasionally pumped gas for
his customers. The Cardinals had sent Dean to Bradenton a few months in advance of spring training
“so he wouldn’t get in any
trouble here in St. Louis.”
Herald sports editor Brack
Cheshire was put in charge
of the young pitcher until
the rest of the Gas House
Gang arrived.
1934: Congress passed
an act authorizing President Franklin Roosevelt
to appoint a commission
to study Spanish explorer
Hernando de Soto’s journals to determine the route
he took in the New World in
the 1500s. The commission
unanimously agreed that De
Soto sailed up the Manatee
River and landed at Shaw’s
Point, near the end of 75th
Street West, the site of the
present-day DeSoto National Memorial.
January 1937: A group of
Bradenton artists and art
lovers got together to form
what would become the Art
League of Manatee County.
Founded as the WPA Art
Center, the league’s mission was to foster the artistic aspects of life and serve
the practicing artists in the
county. The League began
with 36 members and met
in a room it shared with
the Manatee River Garden
Club in the Memorial Pier
building at the north end of
12th Street West (Old Main
Street). The League moved
10 times in its first 16 years
before putting down roots
in its home at 209 Ninth
St. W.
Feb. 19, 1941: The first
DeSoto Pageant Spectacle
Parade rolled through Bradenton. The parade, which
started at 2 o’clock on a
Wednesday afternoon, assembled near the Wares
Creek bridge on Manatee
Avenue. It then went east
on Manatee to Ninth Street,
south on Ninth Street to
Sixth Avenue, and west on
Sixth Avenue to the Dixie
Grande Hotel at 13th Street,
where it disbanded.
Dec. 31, 1943: The town
of Manatee ceased to exist.
Now known as east Bradenton, the town of Manatee was the site of the first
white settlement in Manatee County. Josiah Gates
and his family had settled
near the banks of the river around what is now 14th
Street East in 1842. By the
early 1880s the town contained a Methodist church,
five stores, three boardinghouses, a drugstore, an acad-
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was renamed Bradenton General Hospital. The facility, in
the 1300 block of Ninth Avenue West, was the only general hospital between Tampa and Fort Myers in the
1920s and ’30s. The building that housed the hospital was built in 1910 as the
home of Dr. D.M. Leonard.
It was bought by Dr. Charles
W. Larrabee and his wife,
Dovie, in 1920 and was a hospital from Jan. 1, 1921, to May
31, 1957. During those years,
more than 11,000 major and
minor surgical procedures
were recorded, beginning
and ending with appendectomies. The first was performed by Dr. Joe Halton
of Sarasota in December
1920 and the last was done
by Dr. W.D. Sugg in May
1957. More than 3,000 babies
were born there. Bradenton
General Hospital closed after Manatee Memorial was
built. The stately old home
that became a hospital was
demolished in 1968.
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emy, a meat market and a
post office. In 1888, the town
was incorporated. But by the
1940s, the town was on the
verge of bankruptcy. Municipal services had become so
expensive that town officials
began considering merging
with Bradenton. So in 1943
the two cities were consolidated through an act of the
state Legislature.
1953: Manatee Memorial
students walked into classes
offered by Manatee Junior
College. Later known as Manatee Community College
and now the State College
of Florida, what began as a
low-profile operation in the
creaky old Bradenton High
School on Manatee Avenue
West blossomed into a major force in the community.
The basic outline for SCF
was charted by the school
board of Manatee County
in the mid-1950s to give any
high school graduate a local
college offering two years of
affordable higher education
or job training.
The school board bought
the campus at 5840 26th St.
W. for $100,000 in August
1957 and the college was formally created on Sept. 17,
1957 by the Florida Board
of Education at the request
of the local school board.
The college remained under school board control until 1968, when policy leadership was assumed by five
trustees appointed by the
governor.
The college’s first president is Dr. Samuel R. Neel,
dean of men at Florida State
University in Tallahassee.
Neel, for whom SCF’s Neel
Performing Arts Center is
named, was appointed presi-
1959: The Shake Pit
opened.
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the Gulf Coast of Florida.
The category 4 storm crossed
Florida twice: After coming
ashore on the East Coast, it
flailed the Everglades, went
into the Gulf of Mexico and
then came up the West Coast,
making landfall again near
Fort Myers. The storm then
crossed the state and blasted out into the Atlantic near
St. Augustine. Donna killed
148 people in the Caribbean
and eastern United States.
The hurricane caused $387
million damage in 1960 dollars; a similar storm today
would cause damage in excess of $12 billion.
Dec. 31, 1960: A grand
opening was held for the
Bradenton Municipal Auditorium, venue for concerts,
high school graduations and
numerous civic events. The
last event held at the original
Municipal Auditorium was
a gem and jewelry show in
February 1997. It was then
renovated and reopened in
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The first baby born at what
was then Manatee Veterans
Memorial Hospital was delivered by Dr. Willis W. Harris. In 1989, the hospital’s
pediatrics unit was named
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Sept. 2, 1958: The first
dent in November of 1957.
Campus construction
began in 1958, but none of
the buildings was finished
by that fall, so classes were
held in the old high school
at 215 Manatee Ave. W. (The
building later became the
school board administration offces and was razed
to make way for the current offce building at the
same address.)
There were 502 students
enrolled for the fall 1958 semester. Buildings on the
26th Street campus opened
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1947: The company that
would become Tropicana
was formed. Italian immigrant Anthony T. Rossi established the Manatee River
Packing Company in Palmetto, and the company began
operations with fruit packaging and fruit salad business. In 1949, the company
entered the orange juice concentrate business. Fruit Industries Inc. was established
in Bradenton and expanded the orange juice concentrate business. Tropicana
became a registered trademark and later, the company’s name. In 1951, the company created the character
Tropic-Ana — a girl with a
grass skirt and lei balancing
a basket of oranges on her
head — who came to symbolize Tropicana. In 1957, the
company changed its name
to Tropicana Products Inc.,
and launched the SS Tropicana, which was the citrus
industry’s first juice ship,
transporting a million gallons of bulk orange juice
from Florida to New York.
In 1970, the Tropicana Train,
a familiar sight some weekday mornings downtown,
began to roll.
nine doctors in the community. We had Bradenton
General, a private hospital
owned by Dr. and Mrs. Larrabee. And there was a home
for the destitute, which became the old county hospital. There was strong sentiment in the community for
a new hospital. A group of
people started raising funds
to build one. We built
Manatee Memorial as a
100-bed hospital and I remember we were very concerned. How would we ever
fill 100 beds.”
Today, Manatee Memorial
has more than 500 beds and
provides hospital care along
with Blake Medical Center,
which opened in 1973.
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Centre complex, which also
houses the new city hall and
police station.
July 20, 1961: De Soto
Tourist Center urged. “Senators Spessard Holland and
George Smathers, and Congressman James Haley, will
be receiving letters in a few
days from Manatee Countians urging release of about
$200,000 in Federal funds
to construct a tourist center at the De Soto National
new home in the museum
on the pier in 1949, when he
was 11 months old.The new
museum, which features a
200-seat planetarium with
a 50-foot dome, also afforded “Snooty” a much roomier
pool. His first 18 years were
spent in a 4-foot-deep pool
that held between 3,000 and
4,000 gallons of water; the
pool in the new museum
held 7,000 gallons. (In 1993,
Snooty got what amounts
to a manatee mansion — a
60,000 gallon pool — where
he now resides).
Monument site on Shaw’s
Point. Sufficient land has
been donated by Dr. and
Mrs. W.D. Sugg.”
October 1965: Ground
was broken for the new
South Florida Museum on
10th Street West in downtown Bradenton. Established
in the mid-1940s on Memorial Pier, the museum houses native artifacts and is
home to Bradenton’s resident manatee, Baby Snoots.
The lovable sea cow, born in
captivity in Miami, found a
Construction of the new
South Florida Museum and
BishopPlanetarium—named
for local benefactors E.E. and
Lillian Bishop— takes a year,
and dedication ceremonies
were held Oct. 8, 1966.
Spring 1969: The last class
graduated from Lincoln Memorial High School in Palmetto. Opened during the
1948-49 school year, Lincoln
was once Manatee County’s
only all-black high school. In
the fall of 1969, it became a
middle school to make way
for desegregation and much
of the school is rebuilt was
Lincoln Middle School. Thirty years later, the last structures of the old high school
gave way to construction of
a new middle school on the
grounds at 1400 First Avenue. Attendees at a farewell
party for the old high school
buildings reflected on the
quality of education they
received at Lincoln High
and took pride in their academic accomplishments
despite the school’s limited
resources. Alumni recalled
the hard-working teachers
who were devoted to their
students and who instilled
in them a sense of pride and
belonging.
1970: The Tropicana
Train, a familiar sight some
weekday mornings downtown, began to roll.
1972: Manatee County
Commissioners announced
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ommendation that a new
$1.5 million library be built
on 2.8 acres fronting the
Manatee River, between
13th and 14th streets west.
Taking their concurrence
a step further, the commission also agreed to levy millage to raise $100,000 for an
“initial capital outlay fund”
to secure an option on the
land, hire a library building consultant and employ
an architect.
1972: Sears bought mall
land at what is now DeSoto
Square. On June 4, the giant
Sears-Roebuck Company
purchased 15 of the nearly
70 acres in the new mall at
First Street and Cortez Road.
The purchase, amounting to
$252,000, assured the company of a major portion of
the parking and shopping
area of the complex. Included were stipulations ranging from promises of an enclosed mall containing no
less than 375,000 square
feet to be air-conditioned to
agreements that the area in
and around the Sears’ property be kept clean.
1973: L.W. Blake Memo-
rial Hospital (now Blake
Medical Center) opened in
Bradenton.
1973: Dec. 4, empty stores,
like vacant houses, rapidly lose the spirit of life imparted by human occupants.
The disease can spread silently, inflicting neighboring stores and houses. The
Downtown Bradenton As-
sociation hoped to ward off
the blight and suggested
action to rejuvenate their
area. J.C. Penney, Co., long
a fixture in the 1000 block
of Manatee Avenue, was
closing. Next to it, Goody
shoe store closed. Butler’s
had given up its location in
the same block.
1974: By a 3-2 vote, Bradenton City Council approved proposed legislation
to create a Bradenton Downtown Development Authority (DDA) as amended by
the Downtown Bradenton
Association (DBA).
1978: The Manatee County Central Library opened
in its new location at 1301
Barcarrota Blvd. in downtown Bradenton. Originally
built as a Carnegie Library,
the public facility had been
located since 1918 in the 400
block of 15th Street West. It
had outgrown its old brick
building during the explosive growth of the county
in the 1960s and ’70s.
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died in the accident.
May 1981: Gov. Bob Graham cut a ribbon to open a
38-mile segment of Interstate 75 between Ellenton
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E. illinois Avenue
S. Florida Avenue
Fir 10th St.
Harris
E. Kentucky Avenue
E. Jefferson
Carolina Avenue
Alma
W. Jefferson
Maple
15th Street
Sycamore
Locust
Polk
S. Fairview Avenue
16th Street
Magnolia
17th Street
18th Street
W. Kentucky Avenue
Cherokee Avenue
19th Street
Cedar
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S. Connecticut Avenue 1st Street
E. Central Avenue
W. Central Avenue
Euclid Place
Lee
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N. Chestnut
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College Place
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5th St.
7th St.
N. Holly
Cherry
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Beach
Washington
N. Watson
6th Ave.
N. Florida Avenue
13th Street
Washington
6th St.
W. Adams 8th Avenue
4th Avenue
Manatee Avenue
Court 11th Street
Avocado 7th Ave.
East Central Avenue
9th Avenue
Walnut 4th Ave. Dr.
Pine
Prospect Avenue
Mango 6th Ave.
Vermont
4th Ave. Dr.
Main 12th Street
W. Park 4th Ave. E. Park
15th Street
Wares Creek
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Established 1924
Established 1907
Wyman Plumbing
City Hall Shoe Shop
Philip L. Wyman took the small
service shop his father founded in
1924 and established one of the
largest plumbing companies in the
Bradenton area. His knowledge and
love of the industry made him a great
teacher and business man.
After his retirement, Wyman
Plumbing continues to provide a
full service plumbing and retail
store with the excellent service
this community has come to know.
Wyman Plumbing service and retail
store are proud to be awarded the
Bradenton Herald’s People’s Choice
Award again this year!
In 1930 David Potter’s father, Joe Potter,
purchased The City Hall Shoe Shop. The
name of City Hall Shoe Shop originated
in 1907, as the Shop was directly across
from the original City Hall. Back in 1930,
Joe, my father, built and repaired shoes.
Joe was in the same location on 13th
Street West for 50 years.
David Potter grew up in the shop,
tinkering with the machines and learning
the family business. He purchased
the shop in 1979 from his father. The
business has been on 13th Street West
since 1907. You will still find David
operating the family business, Monday
to Friday, 8am-5pm.Stop by and see him,
“Where Saving Soles is Our Business”
059598
941-755-1595
026499
533 13th Street West
Bradenton, Florida 34205
Established 1964
Monday-Friday 8:30-5:00
ier
Bill’s Discount
Furniture
In 1964 Billy Manning established
Bill’s Discount Furniture Center, Inc.
at the corner of 9th Avenue and 9th
Street, Bradenton. It is still There and
owned by the same person.
He specializes in buying and selling
new and used quality furniture,
bedding, T.V.’s, Appliances. They
always try to handle the needs of
their customers.
The store has been managed by Mr.
Jimmy Lake for
34 years, if you look when you drive
by you’ll see Jimmy working outside.
941-746-0093
Since 1999!
Established in 1981
Manatee Mattress
Red Barn Flea Market
Originally a celery farm, and then a
lumberyard, the 20 acres located at the
intersection of US 301 and US 41 on First
Street in Bradenton, is home to more than
400 unique retail and service businesses, a
farmer’s market, and an ostentation
(a “group” in bird-speak) of peacock.
Established in 1981, The Red Barn Flea
Market, a local landmark, was founded by
Carl Shepard. With over two million visitors
each year, it is a “must see” Bradenton destination. You will still find celery at the Red
Barn, Even though it is not harvested there
anymore, it is still as fresh as if it were.
941-747-3794
began as a small one man operation
in June of 1999, in a small 3200
sq foot location, next to Beall’s
Department Store, on Manatee Avenue
West in Bradenton.
The Founder and original owner,
Ed Hoshaw, is still with the company
today. The business grew to include
his family in 2000 when it expanded to
Cortez Road West.
Manatee Mattress has two locations
in Bradenton. Manatee Mattress at
3637 Cortez Road West and Manatee
Mattress - Outlet Store at 4951 Cortez
Road West.
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Established 1980
Steve White’s Auto Service
teri
Bradenton’s Historic Memorial Pier dates back to 1878. The Pier’s building was built
in 1928, and was officially dedicated to honoring 21 young men from Manatee County
who died in WWI. Over the next five decades, the two story building would be used for
a variety of functions, both public and private. The second floor was the social scene
for dances and events (currently the elegant Pier 22 Ballroom).
The ground floor was used as a warehouse for freight from steamers coming in to
Tampa, until the mid 1940s. A portion of the building became the South Florida
Museum’s first home. The Manatee County Chamber of Commerce also resided here
for 34 years,along with Manatee County’s first radio station which began broadcasting
in 1946. In 1974, The Miller Family acquired the old building from the city, and
considered tearing it down. They soon realized, however, that the architectural and
historic value of this Bradenton landmark must be preserved. Meticulous restoration
lasted two years, completely preserving the building’s Spanish-style. Since then,
the downstairs has served as restaurant, and the upstairs a ballroom and offices.
The Miller family has taken great measures to ensure the building’s historic style and
integrity remain intact while surrounding the Pier with a beautiful 225 slip marina.
Pier 22 has become a distinctive destination for casual fine dining in downtown
Bradenton. In addition to our magnificent views of the Manatee River,
historic ambiance and impeccable service, what has made us so popular with
guests from near and far is our commitment to using only the highest quality
ingredients to prepare all our foods.
941-748-8087
1200 First Ave. W. • Bradenton, FL 34205
Originally Steve White’s Gulf
opened on Nov. 1, 1980.
Throughout the years Steve White’s
Auto Service has transitioned
from a Gulf, Mobil, Texaco station,
to a stand alone Auto Service
Station. With Steve’s good name
and reputation Steve White’s Auto
Service will continue to service
and repair Manatee County’s Auto
needs.
Owned and operated by Steve,
Steve White’s Auto service offers
auto repair and towing with AAA
for 30 years. Steve White’s Auto
Service has been a Palmetto
landmark for 33 years.
941-722-4367
824 8th Ave. W.
Sunny Dowtown, Palmetto,
Florida 34221
Established in 2008
Plus Sizes & More Ladies
Consignment Shop
The shop is owned & operated by a
5th generation Manatee County resident.
It has been in Manatee County for over
25 years, and caters to women who are
size 14 or larger.
We carry a full line of clothing including
scrubs, casual, career and formal wear as
well as hats, scarves, costume jewelry,
handbags, intimates, shoes & more.
As the saying goes “It’s what’s inside that
counts” please come check us out, we
think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Consignment by appointment only
Donations anytime.
Mon, Wed, Fri 9-5
Tue & Thu 10-6 • Sat 9-2
941 753-3695
059674
044606
Manatee Mattress prides itself in
being the largest local family owned
mattress company.
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1001 9th Street W.
Bradenton, FL 43205
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In 1964 John and Joyce Wolodzko
started B&W Aluminum, Inc. in
Palmetto. They offered aluminum
products wholesale and retail to the
public and contractors. John started
crews for installation to expand his
business while Joyce ran the office.
John and Joyce retired after 40 yrs.
in 2004 and are enjoying life. Ron &
Candy Bennett now own B&W Sheds,
Inc., in Bradenton the son-in-law and
daughter of John & Joyce continuing
the family tradition. We are still selling
aluminum products such as Sheds,
Awning, Carports and Screen Room
Materials, etc. Come visit us for that
friendly service you’ve come to know.
US 301 & US 41 at 17th Ave.
1707 First Street East
3002 Cortez Rd W
Established in 1964
B&W ALUMINUM-SHEDS
941-748-7558
941-722-4043
411 301 Blvd. • East Bradenton
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June 18, 1982: A “noname storm” surprised Manatee County with torrential rain and winds up to 45
m.p.h. The storm tore into
a seven-county area from
St. Petersburg to Marco Island, causing $50 million
in damage.
1989: Manatee High
School won its third state
football championship of
the decade, 21-8, over Miami Carol City.
1990: The biggest story
of the year started with a
trickle July 24 and became
an eight-day flood of worry
when some 40,000 Bradenton
residents were told to stop
drinking the water.
April 7, 1992: Quarterback
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1993: Slain civil rights
leader Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. is honored on Jan. 18
in Bradenton as Ninth Avenue, from 14th Street West to
27th Street East, was named
for him.T ropicana Products
Inc. founder Anthony Rossi died at age 92. The juice
processing firm was at the
time Manatee County’s largest private employer.
1994: Gwen Brown became the first minority elected to the Manatee County
Commission.
1995: Sysco Corp., the
nation’s largest food-service distributor, announced
plans to build a $25 million,
200,000-square-foot distribu-
DOWN
LEASES
tion center in northern Manatee County. Manatee East
Little League team was the
state championship; it was
the first Little League title
for Manatee County.
1996: Red Barn fire: The
Oct. 21 fire at the Red Barn
Flea Market left 569 vendors
without a place to peddle their
wares. The fire, which destroyed the 170,000-squarefoot Bradenton landmark,
was blamed on a shorted fluorescent light fixture.
The City Centre: The Bra-
denton City Council’s plans
to build a new city hall, police station and fire station
around the aging downtown
Bradenton Municipal Auditorium were put on hold after loud citizen objections —
but it eventually received a
green light minus the fire
station.
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Bradenton
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1998: People living in
mobile homes and in coastal
or low-lying areas of Manatee County were ordered
to evacuate as Hurricane
Georges approached, the
first mass evacuation since
Hurricane Elena brushed by
in 1985. Hurricane Georges caused more than $400
million damage in Florida.
Bradenton’s new City Centre opened Nov. 1.
1999: Wayne Poston defeated Bill Evers to become
Bradenton’s mayor in a runoff election.
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1991: Protests from native Americans prompted organizers of the annual DeSoto Celebration to rethink
the role Indians played in
past re-enactments. This
time around, officials announced that the April tradition would be changed.
Hernando de Soto and his
crewe of Spanish conquistadors did not pretend to attack and kill Indians when
they landed on the shores
of Manatee County. No Indians were represented in
the re-enactment
Tommie Frazier of Manatee
High School, rated by many
the No. 1 high school player in America, accepted a
scholarship to the University of Nebraska. In June, a
state of emergency was declared and more than 2,000
people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Manatee
County was overwhelmed
with two days of heavy rains
and flooding.
An estimated 13 inches
of rain inundated Manatee
and Sarasota counties.
In late fall, Manatee High
School’s Hurricanes coasted to a 44-14 football victory over Fort Lauderdale
Dillard in the Class 5A title
game. It was MHS’s fourth
state title since 1983.
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Bradenton, FL 34207
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3. Cox Chevrolet
Bradenton, FL 34207
941-749-2688
www.coxchevy.com
CHRYSLER
4. Sunset Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Ram
7745 S. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FI 34231,
(941) 922 -2400
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5. Firkins Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Ram
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9. Sarasota Ford
707 South Washington Blvd.
Sarasota, FL 34236
(941) 366-3673
www.sarasotaford.com
FIAT
10. Sunset FIAT of Sarasota
7641 S. Tamiami Tr
Sarasota FL 34231
(941) 924-8822
www.fiatusaofsarasota.com
GMC
11. Conley Buick GMC
Bradenton, FL 34207
(941) 755-8531
www.conleybuickgmc.com
HONDA
12. Wilde Honda of Sarasota
Sarasota, FI 34231
(941) 923-3413
www.gowildehonda.com
JAGUAR
13. Wilde Jaguar of Sarasota
4821 Clark Rd.
Sarasota, FI 34233
(941) 924-3019
www.wildecars.com
JEEP
Sarasota, Fl 34231
(94 1) 922-2400
KIA
16. Sunset Kia of Bradenton
4770 14th St. West
Bradenton, FL 34207
(941) 752-1000
www.sunsetkia.com
LEXUS
17. Wilde Lexus of Sarasota
4883 Clark Rd.
Sarasota , FI 34233
(941) 924-3040
www.wildecars.com
LINCOLN
18. Alex Karras Lincoln
Bradenton, Fl 34207
(941) 756-4004
www.karraslincoln.com
MASERATI
19. Wilde Maserati
4821 Clark Rd.
Sarasota, FL 34233
(941) 924-3019
www.wildemaserati.com
MAZDA
20. Cox Mazda
Bradenton, FL 34201
941-749-2788
www.coxmazda.com
MITSUBISHI
21. Firkins Mitsubishi
2800 First Street
Bradenton, FL 34208
(941) 748-6510
www.firkinsmitsubishi.com
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15. Firkins Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Ram 22. Firkins Nissan
2900 First Street
Bradenton, FL 34208
(941) 748-6510
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Sarasota, FL 34231
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Bradenton, FL 34208
(941) 748-6510
www.firkins.com
SUBARU
25. Conley Subaru
Bradenton, FL 34207
(941) 755-8531
www.conleysubaru.com
26. Sunset Subaru
Sarasota, Fl 34231
(941) 925-1235
www.sunsetsubaru.com
TOYOTA
27. Gettel Toyota
6423 14th ST. West
Bradenton FL 34207
(941) 756-5511
www.getteltoyota.com
28. Toyota of Lakewood
5959 E. State Road 64
Bradenton, FL 34208
(941) 567-1080
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