Aerial View of City

PORT CHARLOTTE One of Florida's fastest growing communities, Port Charlotte has reached a population of 15,000 in little more than a decade. It was near here, in the Char- lotte Harbor area, that the Spaniards first attempted a permanent settlement in America. The date was 1521. Punta Gorda Post Card Co., Box 222, Punta Gorda, Fla. OUKANE PRESS HOLLYWOOD, FLA #4867