the state.

Collier was an avid fisherman and established the Izaak Walton Club at their Useppa Island resort; it became one of the most exclusive sporting clubs in the world. Collier next developed golf courses and improved the Rod and Gun Club, a hunting club in Everglades City.

He invested millions of dollars to transform and develop the wilderness, including drainage of the Everglades and construction of the Tamiami Trail.

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