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Bertha Palmer, known as Mrs. Potter Palmer, came to Sarasota in 1910, and made a property on Little Sarasota Bay called Spanish Point her winter home. A progressive woman, she improved Agricultural Methods and added lavish gardens and buildings; today that land is the Historic Spanish Point garden and historic site. While the house The Oaks is gone, outbuildings and landscape remain, including remnants of designs by Achilles Duchene , after whom the Duchene Garden is named. Other former Palmer family holdings now open to the public include the Myakka River State Park . After her death, Bertha Palmer gave the land to her sons Potter Jr. and Honore, who continued developing the property as a ranch. In addition, they make the Palmer name as associated with Sarasota as Chicago with the establishment of the Palmer Bank . Today, much of the ranch is developed into subdivisions, shopping centers and a Mall , though parts of the ranch still have Cattle operations. EXTERNAL LINKS
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