Smallwood Store
Ted Smallwood Store
A stilt-built wooden trading post from 1906 on Chokoloskee Island. Its shelves and goods are preserved in their original state and tell the story of pioneer life in the swamps.
The Ted Smallwood Store was opened in 1906 by Ted Smallwood. It served as a trading post and post office, where pioneers and Seminole people on the edge of the Everglades exchanged furs, feathers and everyday goods. It closed in 1982 and was turned into a museum. The shelves, merchandise and old photographs have been kept almost exactly as they were. The store is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Admission costs about US$10. It is on Chokoloskee Island, about 5 km south of Everglades City, and can be combined with a Ten Thousand Islands cruise on the same day.
Opening hours
About 10:00 am–4:00 pm (shorter in summer)
Nearby sights
- Everglades City & Ten Thousand Islands
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
- Marco Island
- Tigertail Beach
- Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Keewaydin Island
- Naples Botanical Garden