Real estate investor separates fact from fiction

A Fort Myers property owner has learned history and stories aren't always the same.


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 12:30 p.m. December 23, 2021
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STEFANIA PIFFERI: Roger Hutchison, president and CEO of military contractor CRI, rennovated and is now selling what he once thought was Jack's Bar
STEFANIA PIFFERI: Roger Hutchison, president and CEO of military contractor CRI, rennovated and is now selling what he once thought was Jack's Bar
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You can almost see it.

Thomas Edison and Henry Ford riding up the Caloosahatchee River from their estates a mile away to the dock of Jack’s Bar in Fort Myers. It’s a scorching day in Southwest Florida. The sky is brilliant as the sun begins to fade. The two American geniuses sit at the bar hunched over notebooks and chatting up locals over a drink. Or two.

 

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