History: Boca Grande in the 1960s

BY KAREN GRACE,BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER Betty and Jack Barndollar first came to Gasparilla Island in 1959, a year after the bridge had been built. Three years later, they built a house and moved to Boca Grande. In her book, “A Very Special Island,” published in 1970, Betty shares how the area changed during the […]