Racing swamp buggies is deeply rooted in the history of Naples and the surrounding area, including the Everglades. But what are swamp buggies and how did the tradition begin? As one might imagine, ...

Malcolm Lightner, “Full Throttle” (2013) (all images from ‘Mile o’ Mud: The Culture of Swamp Buggy Racing,’ courtesy PowerHouse Books; all caption information by Malcolm Lightner) The distinctly ...

Swamp buggies were developed as a practical way to explore the Everglades but have transformed into one of the area’s most exciting and deeply-rooted cultural events in Naples. Swamp Buggy Fever! is ...

Since 1950, these women have brought poise and glamour to the muddy sport of swamp buggy racing. They wear pageant-style dresses and get their hair done up. Earn a crown. Carry on a time-honored ...

For over 75 years, the Swamp Buggy has been an annual tradition in Naples. Originally designed to help navigate through the hardened terrain and murky bogs, the swamp buggy has evolved into a ...

Generations of families come out to enjoy the tradition, which started in the 1940s The culture of swamp buggy racing is as unique and distinctive as its name. Created in Naples, Florida, the ...

Milton Morris was born in West Point, Mississippi, in 1903. In a life that spanned 85 years, perhaps his greatest triumph came in 1955, when he was 52 years old. For years afterward, he tried and ...

Like many quirky, homegrown traditions, swamp buggy racing started out small. In the early 1940s, about a dozen hunters in Naples, Florida, who used the strange, jeeplike vehicles to navigate the ...

This December, the Swamp Buggy Fall Classic will have a different name to it, and more significance for a closely-knit community. The Terry Langford Memorial Fall Classic is set for this weekend at ...