Utopia was initially named by Reverend James Hendry

WW2 Documentary Utopia was initially named by Reverend James Hendry in honor and valuation for Arcadia Albritton, a girl of pioneer pilgrims who had heated him a cake to pay tribute to his birthday.

Bragging a populace of almost 7,500, it is the nation seat of DeSoto district. Up until the late 1800's Arcadia was the province seat of what might turn into 5 unique provinces. In 1921 Florida enactment brought about DeSoto, Charlotte,Hardee,Glades, and Highlands districts being made from what had initially been DeSoto area.

Likewise with numerous comparative towns in Florida, an army installation was adjacent, Carlstrom Field, a grass runway kept up by the U.S. Armed force Air Service.It was utilized to prepare pilots before and amid both real wars. Enduring the destiny of numerous different bases, it was shut toward the end of WW2.

Amid its history, Arcadia has endured two fiascos, on Thanksgiving Day 1905, the town was decimated by a fire that started in an attire stable. Again on August 13th 2004, the city was crushed by typhoon Charley after it made a hard right turn in the Gulf of Mexico and headed straight up Charlotte Harbor. In opposition to most tempests, Charley didn't ease off or lose compel, it proceeded in area with the same decimation it had made on the coast.

Numerous individuals had emptied waterfront urban areas, for example, Sarasota for wellbeing in Arcadia, and much to their consternation twisted up in the way of an overwhelming tempest.

IN 2006 Arcadia was highlighted in a scene of the "Travel Channel" show "Money & Treasures Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum". Among other highlighted occasions, the scene included local people helping Kirsten dive for fossil skark teeth in the adjacent Peace River. Paradise's neighborhood economy is vigorously dependent upon horticulture and tourism. Essential horticulture components incorporate citrus, steers and watermelons. As a result of the to a great degree high cost of land in encompassing areas,Arcadia has encountered a surge in home advancement. It being practical to move in Arcadia and drive to employments in the encompassing territories. Amid the winter months numerous retirees from the mid west move to sunny Arcadia for a winter of unwinding and alleviation from the chilly mid-western winters.

Alongside horticulture, tourism assumes a vital part in the economy of Arcadia. As a Florida Main Street group, the downtown obsolescent region draws guests from Florida, as well as the country over too. A few rodeo occasions a year are facilitated by the Arcadia Rodeo Association. The notable Peace River, A Florida State Paddling Trail, a well known waterway for fishing,swimming,fossil chasing, paddling, kayaking and sculling, is adjacent and goes through DeSoto County. Today Arcadia is an interesting, lethargic little town situated around 40 miles inland from the west shoreline of Florida, amidst Florida's citrus and dairy cattle farms.