The mission of the Venice Museum & Archives (VMA) is to collect, preserve, and interpret historical and prehistorical material relating to the city of Venice and its neighboring communities. VMA has a collection of 30,000+ photographs, archives, objects, and publications pertaining to area history and is housed in the historic 1927 Triangle Inn building. The…
John Nolen is the famous city planner who designed the City of Venice. He was born in Philadelphia in 1869. After his father died and his mother remarried, they sent Nolen to Girard College. He went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1896, Nolen married Barbara Schotte and began a career as…
Old Betsy is a Type 75 Triple Combination Pumper. It was delivered to Moore Haven, Florida, on September 9, 1926, to begin work fighting fires in that town on the shores of Lake Okeechobee. However, things changed on September 18, 1926, when the Great Miami Hurricane came through. The simple mud dike that was around…
