The purpose of the Boca Grande Historical Society shall be to bring together for mutual benefit those people interested in Florida's history and especially in the history of Boca Grande and its environs. A better understanding of that history will help us deal constructively with current problems with roots in the past and will permit more enlightened planning for the future.

To carry out this mission, the Society will collect and preserve pertinent information about the island's and region's past and will sponsor other activities designed to promote an enhanced interest in and knowledge of local, regional and state history, and also the relationship of that history to the present and the projected future. The Society intends to strive for educational programs which will always meet generally accepted professional standards of scholarship and historical accuracy.
Our Board of Directors is dedicated to carrying out this mission:

Nancy Lingeman
President

Jack Lyons
Vice President

James Lutton
Treasurer

Betsy Fugate Joiner
Secretary

Ex Officio:
Theodore B. VanItallie, Chairman Emeritus
Robert F. Edic, Chief Archivist

Peter B. Bradley Fellow:
Charles Blanchard

Board Members:
Robert F. Fischer
Michael E. Giobbe, Jr.
Kevin B. Hyde
Sara C.(Toni) Junkin
Timothy Dumas
Ched McConnell

Historian
Robert W. Johnson

Honorary Members:
Virginia Sparks Barnard
Holbrook R. Davis
Margaret Fugate
Henry L. Woodward
Florence Washington Jelks

Administrator:
Kim Kyle

Saying goodbye at the ferry landing	Tarpon fishing in Boca Grande Pass