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BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Jim Blaha calls the mountain of material the Boca Grande Historical Society received from the attic of a woman in Tennessee late last year the “Magna Carta.”
And, indeed, the collection of books and documents contains the names and signatures of such notables as Albert Gilchrist, Peter Bradley and other “movers and shakers” involved in the industrial and commercial development of Boca Grande. A rare and happy find during the dismal year of the pandemic.
“These are documents that would only be found in the archival departments of a major university,” says Blaha. “These belong to the people of Gasparilla Island.”