What was once her posh winter estate and garden is now today’s Historic Spanish Point. This ‘Paradise for the Pampered’ became the winter retreats for such famous folk as Bertha Palmer, the widow of Potter Palmer (the infamous Chicago developer that was 23-years her junior). As early as the 1910’s, Sarasota, Florida began to attract some of the world’s wealthiest folks. Not only did he and his wife Mable build one of the first mansions on Sarasota Bay, [...] In the 1920’s, John Ringling (of worldwide circus fame) decided to create a resting spot for his circus performers and chose Sarasota.

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