FORT MYERS, Fla. — Back in 1885, Thomas Edison was one of the original snowbirds after building a winter estate on Florida's southwest coast. His home, known as the Seminole lodge, became a ...

The Edison and Ford Winter Estates are a home ... built their winter homes next to each other about a mile south of Fort Myers' River District. Dating back to the early 1900s, the historic estates ...

Breanna Alexander is the marketing director at the Edison and Ford Estates in Fort Myers and said the three were very close friends. “They were like three musketeers, working together to continue to ...