The town also had sheep ranching, citrus farms, wheat, corn, rye, and much more.
There are only a fraction of the original citrus farms remaining.
They will visit a citrus farm and take a trip up the Caloosahatchee River.
Luis works at his parents' citrus farm and is developing a new kind of tangerine called the Golden Dawn.
Today, the area is the center of the country's citrus farms, and contains some of the country's most successful agricultural settlements.
His family also owned five community banks and 30,000 acres of citrus farms, making his companies Florida's largest producer of fresh fruit.
Touring his 500-acre avocado and citrus farm in Southern California (above right).
Along the way he built resort hotels, transforming territorial outposts into tourist destinations and the land bordering the rail lines into citrus farms.
Fittipaldi owned citrus farms in Brazil, and wished to promote his industry.
Working on a citrus farm is easier than working under the sea for five, six hours.