Building a road through the Everglades

It was said that a highway across the Everglades could not be built, until Barron Collier came down to southwest Florida and found a way to build the Tamiami trail in 1928. He set aside Collier Seminol State Park for people to rest and enjoy the wilderness. The Bay City Walking Dredge now sits quietly in the park, near the highway that it helped construct many years ago. People can see the old dredges and learn about the construction of Tamiami Trail while visiting Collier Seminol State Park.