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Across

3. Early settler of Gasparilla Village – Cole
4. Manage of Boca Grande Hotel – Crandall
5. Builder of Boca Grande Hotel – Spadaro
7. Main sponsor of school for Blacks on BG – Crowninshield
8. Ferry Boat Captain – Sprott
10. Owner of Boca Grande automobile dealership – Gaines
12. Owner of dairy on Boca Grande – Guerard
13. Barnichol owner – Polk
15. President of Charlotte Harbour/N Railroad – Gifford
18. Names the town of Boca Grande – Gilchrist
21. Fust Librarian – Cost
22. Porter on trains serving Boca Grande – Bryant
25. Sold Gasparilla Inn to Bayard Sharp 1963 – Collier
28. Donor who provided funds for library boat – Amory
29. Owner of the Floating Hotel – Roach
30. Boca Grande marina owner – Whidden
32. First publisher of Boca Beacon – Banks
33. Proprietor of Gasparilla’s last fishhouse – Gault
34. Light House Keeper – McKinney

Down

1. Family were boat pilots at Port BG – Johnson
2. manager of Gasparilla Inn 1913 – Crandall
6. First owner of Temptation Restaurant – Addison
9. Mercantile Building owner – Presley
11. Teacher at Boca Grande School for Blacks – Stafford
14. Harbor pilot 1888 to 1906 – Nelsen
16. First Owner of The Pink – Fugate
17. Photography Store Owner – Wickman
19. Former owner of Miller’s Marina – Harper
20. Boca Grande Boat Builder – Knight
23. Purchased most of north island in 1945 – Schwartz
24. President of American Agricultural Co – Bradley
26. First CHN official to build a home on BG – Fouts
27. BG bridge and causeway named after him – Schuckman
31. Founder of Boca Grande Historical Society – VanItallie

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