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5 unusual facts about Pine Island


Henri Caesar

He is supposed to have buried between $2 and $6 million at several locations throughout the Caribbean including Pine Island, White Horse Key, Marco Island, Elliot Key and Sanibel Island, although none has ever been recovered.

Pine Island, New York

Quaker Creek Store - A store and restaurant specializing in charcuterie and Polish cuisine, it was featured in a 2010 episode of the Travel Channel show Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

Randy Wayne White

A resident of Southwest Florida since 1972, he currently lives on Pine Island, Florida, where he is active in South Florida civic affairs and with the restaurant Doc Ford's Sanibel Rum Bar & Grill on nearby Sanibel Island.

Tribby Peak

It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Osborne M. Tribby, the Pharmacist's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and an aircrewman on the PBM Mariner flight to Noville Peninsula on January 11–12, 1947, in which survivors of the December 30 PBM crash were rescued and returned to the seaplane tender Pine Island.

Waller High School

It is part of the Waller Independent School District and serves students from Waller, Pine Island, Prairie View, unincorporated sections of Waller County (including Fields Store), and unincorporated sections of Harris County (including Hockley).



see also

Neighborhoods in Manchester, New Hampshire

The Highlands is a largely suburban neighborhood that developed along the prewar streetcar line to Pine Island Park.

Pineland

Pineland Archeological District, a U.S. historic district located on Pine Island, near Pineland, Florida, USA