Myrtle Scharrer Betz
Myrtle Scharrer Betz was a resident of Caladesi Island in the early 1900s and wrote a book about her experiences. She was the daughter of the 1880s homesteader Henry Scharrer who lived with her on the island. At the age of 87, Betz wrote the book,Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise telling of her life on the barrier island.
