Throughout much of the ’40s, ’50s and early ’60s, Highway 27 was the backbone of Florida’s tourism industry, the road on which ... Farther up the line, one block from Cypress Gardens ...

NAPLES — This was one big tree ... old-growth cypress tree is 11 to 12 feet in circumference; giant trees are 17 to 23 feet. Knight, regional director of the Explorers Club's Florida Chapter ...