Explore Historic Bradenton
Come walk the streets and hidden alleyways of the river town that reinvented itself after the "boom and bust" days of the 1920s.
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When rivers were Florida's highways, early settlers were sailing men, cattlemen, farmers and citrus growers. Residents used small sail boats for transportation.
Bradenton was named three times - but always for the same man. - Joseph Braden. He built a stockade around his home to protect his family and neighbors during the Seminole Wars. Roads were rough and full of hazards in 1910. Until a bridge was built, the fastest way to Tampa was by steam-powered ferry from the dock on Main Street. Most downtown businesses had a second story balcony for catching the cool breezes off the river. |
The Village of the Arts
The artists changed everything in this neighborhood three blocks from Downtown.
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