Gilchrist Park View

 

At Veterans Memorial and Vietnam Wall

 

Ixora At History Park in Full Bloom

At the History Park

View of Gilchrist Park from the Harbor

Ponce de Leon and his Sign at Ponce Park

At the Downtown Market in Hector Plaza Punta Gorda

Ponce at Gilchrist

Linear Park Phase II Entrance off Cross Street

Entrance to the the new Phase II Linear Park off Cross Street across from Sacred Heart Church 

Along the Allapatchee River in Punta Gorda

Allapatchee Park along the Allapatchee River (now referred to as South Bend of Alligator Creek) is where a grand lodge was once situated and is where along which in Indian Spring Cemetary Governor Gilchrist and many other pioneer Punta Gordans were buried. 

Surrey without the Fringe on Top at the History Park

This single-horse drawn leisure buggy (circa 1902-1907) was brought from Bemidji, Minnesota by owner and collector Ivan D. Odegard of the Burnt Store Ranch in Punta Gorda.  Mr. Odegard graciously has loaned the buggy to the Punta Gorda History Park and it is currently on display there along with an antique farm wagon. 

Alice Park

Another Punta Gorda Park along Retta Esplanade near Gilchrist

Ribbon Cut on new Linear Park

Mayor Bill Albers cuts ribbon for new linear park at Olympia (others in picture left to right : Larry Friedman, Rachel Keesling, Harvey Goldberg, Bill Albert, Carolyn Freeland, Tom Cavanaugh)

Kiwanis Veterans Garden

Kiwanis Veterans Garden at entrance to Laishley Park

Pretty Path to Punta Gorda Harborwalk

A More Hidden Punta Gorda Park -- Elizabeth Park, Wilson Park

This pretty little park is strip of harborside land in back of the condo buildings along Marion Avenue west of Fishermen's Villlage.

Fountain at the History Park

Fountain at History Park thought at first to be Fountain from the Charlotte Harbor Hotel on the Harbor.   

Gilchrist Park Gazebo at Dusk

Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda at Dusk

Ponce in the Mangroves at Ponce Park

Ponce comes out of the Mangroves at Ponce Park in Punta Gorda 

A Few of the Smaller Hounds of Henry Street

Small dogs greet each other at Hounds of Henry Street Dog Park