Editing Punta Rassa, Florida (section)

===Sport fishing and tourism===
In the 1880s, the area became known as a great sport fishing area and was frequented by the wealthy, who came in search of the prized [[tarpon]] sport fish. Soon, however, visitors relocated to [[Boca Grande, Florida|Boca Grande]], {{convert|70|mi}} north of Punta Rassa by land after the [[Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway]] was completed to that destination. Although the distance seems great, these areas are only separated by approximately {{convert|25|mi}} of water.

A railroad line was built towards Punta Rassa in the early 1920s by the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] as part of an effort by Seaboard president [[S. Davies Warfield]] to reestablish a deepwater port at Punta Rassa. The {{convert|8|mi|adj=on|0}} rail line branched off the Seaboard's main line at Punta Rassa Junction in South Fort Myers (located at [[Florida State Road 865|Six Mile Cypress Parkway]]'s crossing of the Ten Mile Canal). It ran through where [[Lakes Regional Park|Lakes Park]] currently sits, and then roughly paralleled what is now [[Summerlin Road]], terminating just east of Punta Rassa at Truckland. Due to their financial state, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad discontinued all operations in the Fort Myers area in 1952. Despite never fully reaching Punta Rassa, the abandoned line is still referred to as Seaboard's [[Fort Myers Subdivision (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)|Punta Rassa Subdivision]].<ref>{{cite book
 | last =Turner
 | first =Gregg M.
 | title =Railroads of Southwest Florida
 | publisher =Arcadia Publishing
 | series =Images of America
 | date =December 1, 1999}}</ref> An [[Florida Power & Light|FPL]] transmission line currently sits on a portion of the rail line's former right of way just south of Summerlin Road.

The area figured prominently in the 1984 historical novel ''[[A Land Remembered]]'', by [[Patrick D. Smith]].