Edison and Ford in Florida
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Prolific inventor Thomas Edison and automobile pioneer Henry Ford shaped the modern world like few others in history.
The lives of these close friends intersected at their winter homes in southwest Florida. Edison first visited the tiny cattleranching community of Fort Myers in 1885, building a home and laboratory soon after. There, he wintered with his wife, Mina, and their children, Madeleine, Charles, and Theodore. Ford purchased the adjacent estate in 1916, wintering in the area with hi...






















