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With their oversized tires they are able to navigate through the marshes of the Everglades to gain access to hunting sites.

Airboats have a long history of touring the Everglades, beginning in the 1930s as a means to negotiate around the shallow waters and sawgrass.

Pauline Reeves, one of the formidable women of Everglades City, was determined to have a Catholic Church built in town.

The Calusa Tribe, then the Seminoles, were the first people of this area, trading with the early pioneers.

The original building was used as a recreational center for the workers who built the Tamiami Trail.

The First Baptist Church was built in the 1940s in Jerome and eventually brought to Everglades City in 1956.