Friends of Koreshan upkeep state park, offer tours, tell its history
Tour the grounds of the 304-acre park on your own, exploring the 11 buildings that remain. Or set up a tour and do both to ...
Who were the Koreshans and where did they go?
Cyrus Teed, who took the name Koresh, brought his flock from Chicago to Estero, where they grew to only about 250 but left a ...
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Koreshan State Park tour is a must for history, engineering, weird Florida stories
About 250 Koreshans followed their religious leader, Cyrus Teed, to Estero in 1903 from Chicago. They built homes on property ...
Koreshans needed engineers, workshops, shipyard to build community in Estero
The Koreshans moved to Estero from Chicago in 1903. They used an 80-horsepower generator to power lights in the community. A ...
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Now You Know: Presentation on the Koreshans
Ron Westcott, Koreshan State Park docent, will start with the birth of Cyrus Teed in 1839 and e how he came to form the Koreshan Unity, moving from New York to Chicago and ultimately to Estero.