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Steve Moskowitz

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<INS style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; POSITION: relative; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 160px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline-table; HEIGHT: 600px; VISIBILITY: visible; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><INS style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; POSITION: relative; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 160px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 600px; VISIBILITY: visible; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0px" id=aswift_0_anchor><IFRAME style="POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px; LEFT: 0px" id=aswift_0 vspace=0 height=600 marginHeight=0 frameBorder=0 width=160 allowTransparency name=aswift_0 marginWidth=0 scrolling=no hspace=0></IFRAME></INS></INS>

<INS style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; POSITION: relative; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 728px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline-table; HEIGHT: 90px; VISIBILITY: visible; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><INS style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; POSITION: relative; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 728px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 90px; VISIBILITY: visible; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0px" id=aswift_1_anchor><IFRAME style="POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px; LEFT: 0px" id=aswift_1 vspace=0 height=90 marginHeight=0 frameBorder=0 width=728 allowTransparency name=aswift_1 marginWidth=0 scrolling=no hspace=0></IFRAME></INS></INS>Goodno (ghost town)

<ADDRESS class=placeinfo-row>USA / Florida / Port La Belle / </ADDRESS><ADDRESS class="placeinfo-row hidden">World / USA / Florida / Port La Belle / United States / Florida </ADDRESS>ghost town

Edgar Everett Goodno came to Southwest Florida in 1898, purchasing many square miles of land and dealt in livestock. He became the owner of the Fort Thompson site and much of what now is the city of La Belle. Goodno built the Fort Thompson Park Hotel on the site, which brought many potential residents to the area. As Goodno’s real estate and other businesses began taking up more of his time, he turned the daily running of the Fort Thompson Park Hotel over to others.

The Park’s pastures were rented out to other cattlemen for grazing and the fertile farm land continued to grow a variety of fruits and vegetables. Goodno continued buying and selling property until he found himself overextended. In 1924 Goodno sold all his Fort Thompson Park and La Belle property to Henry Ford, the automobile manufacturer, but remained to manage the Fort Thompson property for a few years after the sale. Goodno died of a heart attack, while being driven from Punta Rassa to Ft. Myers, on December 12, 1936.

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