First City Council

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This mural is based on an original picture of the first City Council dated 1889.

The scenes surrounding the First City Council members depict historical places and happenings of that time:  (left to right)

1. The Alice Howard, a mail and tour boat
2. In 1885 Fred Remington, a renown Western artist, came to Punta Gorda and this scene is taken from one of his paintings showing a man fishing with his guide
3. Sailing a homemade Sharpie Gaff rigged Knockabout
4. The Hotel Punta Gorda
5. The Gaff Rigged Ketch belonging to Caldwell Colt, heir to the Colt Gun Company
6. One of the articles Fred Remington wrote about Punta Gorda was about the “Cow Hunters”, also called "Crackers”.   Cattle were an important part of the commerce of the city
7. Florida Southern Railway carried fish, cattle, produce, and wealthy tourists to Punta Gorda
8. The Hector House owned by Thomas Hector, City Clerk
9. Phosphate ship the Louis Luckenbar at the Port of Punta Gorda about 1904
10. Tarpon fishing was a popular sport among the winter visitors and residents
11. A Sharpie Gaff Rigged Ketch in 1900 was 70 feet long and carried a three man crew

The mural was dedicated on August 8, 2001.

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