08/20/2023
LaBelle, “The Belle of the Caloosahatchee,” had its beginning as a settlement in the 1880s. “Belle”, “Belle City”, and “LaBelle” began to be used as names for the tiny new settlement populated by cattle drovers and trappers straddling the banks of the Caloosahatchee River in both Lee and DeSoto Counties as early as 1889.
