Editor’s note: The Daily Sun and the Punta Gorda History Center are introducing a new column, “Now and Then” by Theresa Murtha, the center’s managing director. The plan is to alternate every other Wednesday with Frank Desguin’s “Did You Know?” history column.
What we now know as Fishermen’s Village is located on the site of the former Maud Street Dock.
The Dock was built in 1928 to replace the King Street Pier, home to the Punta Gorda fishing industry…