Remembering Mayor McLeod Lecture at Museum of the Everglades

Museum Manager Thomas Lockyear will share the story of Daniel W. McLeod, who still holds for the record for longest continuous service as an elected official of Collier County—37 years in total with 35 as the Mayor of Everglades City. A native Floridian and master of many trades, McLeod served as the County’s first Tax Assessor, Vice-President of the Bank of Everglades, President of the Board of Everglades Community Church, and the first publisher of the Collier County News, among other endeavors. As namesake of the town’s central McLeod Park—home of the annual Everglades Seafood Festival—his numerous contributions to the community spanning nearly four decades have been recognized in perpetuity.