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Topic: Spanish Wells


  
  The Nassau Guardian Online Guide
Spanish Wells is a tiny island, and, as it has no airstrip, the only way to get there is by boat.
Admittedly, in the past, certain Spanish Wells families erected artificial burdens to add to the geographical isolation, and it was no rarity to see first cousins joined in matrimony.
When the Loyalists settled in Abaco, families from Spanish Wells were amongst the first to forge close ties with these new settlers, because they viewed the Loyalists' as desirable, eligible spouses for their own kin.
www.thenassauguardian.com /national_local/297407778571882.php   (875 words)

  
 Bahamas Homes for Sale and rent in Spanish Wells, Bahamas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Spanish Wells is an island located a half mile off the northern tip of Eleuthera.
Spanish Wells is home to some of the most beautiful and unspoiled beaches.
Spanish Wells is one of the most beautiful, unspoiled, and affluent islands in the Bahamian Commonwealth.
www.bahamashomesales.com   (352 words)

  
 islandpacket.com | Group may push to rename road for island icon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A group of native islanders is starting a grassroots effort to rename Spanish Wells Road in honor of Charlie Simmons Sr., the ferry boat captain who served as a lifeline to the mainland for years before the bridges.
It's fitting not only because Simmons lived on Spanish Wells but also because his name was synonymous with transportation for many years, both on his ferry and in his trucks, which he used to cart around everything from melons to midwives.
Spanish Wells is a state-owned road, but the town has control of the naming rights, Riley said.
www.islandpacket.com /news/local/story/5115952p-4657403c.html   (573 words)

  
 Spanish Wells   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The community remains almost 100% white and the 1500 residents are all descended from the same four or five families.
Spanish Wells is probably the wealthiest and most homogeneous community in the Bahamas.
While in Spanish Wells we made a side trip to Harbor Island on the east side of Eleuthera.
isc.temple.edu /economics/Bahamas/04_08_01/SpanWells.htm   (490 words)

  
 Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, Bahamas
Spanish Wells Harbour has 14 feet at MLW all over it.
Spanish Wells is on the east end of St. Georges Cay, less than a mile west of the northwest tip of Eleuthera.
Spanish Wells is a delightfully clean settlement, well worth a walking tour with your camera.
abacoguide.net /swells.htm   (1116 words)

  
 The News-Press: Bonita Springs - Spanish Wells still adding to its attraction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Spanish Wells began in 1979 by the McArdle family.
The attraction for Engle Homes in Bonita Springs was the natural environment of wooded preserves and lakes at Spanish Wells, including four separate preserve areas surrounded by nine golf holes.
The full equity memberships allows a Marbella resident to capture the full range of amenities at Spanish Wells, including formal and casual dining in the new clubhouse, heated swimming pool, five tennis courts and a 5,000 square foot fitness center.
www.news-press.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050101/NEWS0102/501010382/1076   (906 words)

  
 Spanish Wells. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
Spanish Wells, settlement and district (1/2 sq mi/1.3 sq km; 1990 pop.
1,372), central Bahama Isls., comprising 3 small islets—Royal Isl., Egg Isl., and St. George’s Cay (on which is Spanish Wells village)—just off N tip of Eleuthera Isl., 50 mi/80 km NE of Nassau.
www.bartleby.com /69/78/S14678.html   (87 words)

  
 Spanish Wells - Fisherman's Resort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The people of Spanish Wells are hard-working, creative, conservative, and very helpful to visitors.
SPANISH WELLS, like Harbour Island, is only accessible by a 15-minute boat ride.
Turn left for Spanish Wells and right for Preachers Cave.
www.bahama-vacation.com /spanish_wells.html   (331 words)

  
 RGJ.com -
Wells Fargo put up Spanish language signs at that and other branches two years ago before knowing the results of the latest census data.
Wells Fargo added the signs in Spanish because it sees money to be made with customers who learned Spanish first, said Kirk V. Clausen, northern Nevada regional president for Wells Fargo.
That’s changed: Today, half of the 6,700 clients in a nutritional program for pregnant women and their children are Spanish speaking and half of the staff is bilingual, Hunt said.
www.rgj.com /news/stories/census/1009836726.php   (923 words)

  
 www.NASFAA.org Wells Fargo's Servicios Para Estudiantes Prepares Spanish-Speaking Students, Parents for College
Program, a Wells Fargo program that provides college preparatory information to high school students in the form of convenient e-postcards.
In addition, Wells Fargo EFS recently unveiled "Soluciones Para La Universidad," or "Solutions For College," a Spanish-translated brochure detailing current federal and private financial aid options.
Wells Fargo EFS is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a diversified financial services company with $334 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer finance from more than 5,600 stores and the Internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and elsewhere internationally.
www.nasfaa.org /publications/2002/cnwells120202.html   (496 words)

  
 Lowcountry NOW: Local News - Spanish Wells speed limit change sought 01/03/03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Largely because of increased development, Spanish Wells Road's speed limit west of Marshland Road should be reduced by 5 mph to 40 mph, a town traffic engineering study concludes.
Citizens in the area were anxious to see that speed limit lowered, as well as some of our elected officials at the town and county level," he said Thursday.
A separate 2001 study of Spanish Wells Road from Marshland Road to William Hilton Parkway concluded its speed limit should remain 45 mph.
www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/010303/LOCspeed.shtml   (525 words)

  
 Hilton Head Island - Spanish Wells Real Estate
Spanish Wells is a peninsula of 351 acres and most lots are good size of one acre or more.
Once the site of artesian wells where the Spanish Armadas stopped to fill their kegs before traveling.
Spanish Wells has a clubhouse and the community provides clay tennis courts and a small beach area.
luxurypropertybuyers.com /hilton-head/real-estate/spanish-wells.html   (133 words)

  
 Noonsite: Spanish Wells   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The colourful and orderly town of Spanish Wells occupies the small island of St Georges Cay, just to the west of the northern tip of Eleuthera.
The harbour is formed by a long channel bounded by two small islands and is well sheltered, although open to winds funnelling from the east.
There are several very professional pilots in Spanish Wells and it is advisable to use their services when negotiating the 'Devils Backbone' route to Harbour Island.
www.noonsite.com /Countries/Bahamas/SpanishWells   (365 words)

  
 NapaNews.com | Wells Fargo launches online financial programs for Latinos
Wells Fargo and Company recently announced a series of enhancements to its online services in Spanish including the ability to apply for deposit accounts (checking, savings and time accounts), credit cards and InterCuenta Express, a service that allows Mexicans in the United States to send funds to their families through a Wells Fargo account.
According to the U.S. Census, Latino households will be one of the fastest growing segments of overall number of U.S. households, increasing from 9.3 million to 11.9 million in 2010, representing a robust 36 percent growth rate between 2000 and 2010.
Wells Fargo and Company is a financial services company with $388 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance from more than 5,900 stores, the internet and other distribution channels across North America and internationally.
www.napanews.com /templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=95509AA7-97E0-4337-A186-71D61A81E75F   (505 words)

  
 Spanish Wells ~ Hilton Head Island SC ~ The Hilton Head Island Neighborhood Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Spanish Wells Plantation is located on a peninsula that divides the Broad Creek and Clibogue Sound, which provides residents with spectacular water and sunset views.
Spanish Wells also houses a clubhouse and semi-private nine-hole golf course.
The community has tennis courts, a small beach area, and is anxiously awaiting the end of a newly constructed floating recreational dock.
www.hiltonheadferg.com /pages/spanish_wells.htm   (87 words)

  
 Bahamas Traveler: Re: Need advice - Spanish Wells & Harbour Island
: A friend said skip Spanish Wells and Harbour Island.
bridge to Spanish Wells.) Spanish Wells is known as the fishing capital of the
It is a lot more busy and the activities are very near the marinas.
www.bahamas-mon.com /bahamaforum/family/1713.html   (259 words)

  
 Eluthera, Bahamas Dive Services and Accommodations
For diving, the best choices are actually on Harbour Island and Spanish Wells, two small islands at the north end of Eleuthera.
Commercial air service as well as charters are available from the U.S. or within the islands.
If you are going to Spanish Wells or Harbour Island, transportation will not be of any concern.
www.scubayellowpages.com /destinations/bahamas/eleuthera.htm   (216 words)

  
 Spanish Wells Plantation - Hilton Head Island, South Carolina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Once the site of artesian wells where the Spanish Armadas stopped to fill their kegs before traveling on, the land still contains enormous live oak trees and vegetation from those earlier times.
Adjacent to Spanish Wells is Wells East, a 24-home community, nestled along the first two holes on the Spanish Wells Golf Course.
Property owners enjoy Spanish Wells’ amenities as well as their own pool, community well, and recreation field.
www.spanishwellsplantation.com   (193 words)

  
 Richard B. Albury's Bahamian Page
On Sept 14, 1999 Spanish Wells recieved a direct hit by Hurricane Floyd as did most of the Bahamas,
Hello everyone, I'm on a small Island in the Bahamas called Spanish Wells.
Spanish wells is about 50 miles east north east of Nassau, and off the northern tip of Eluethera.
www.geocities.com /thetropics/8913   (183 words)

  
 Autonomous American Indian Movement - The Real© Thing
This Spanish fort was called Santa Cruz de la Cibolo, also named Arroyo Cibolo or Fort Cibolo, which was part of a chain of Spanish Forts designed to keep out the Indians and bandits.
Well to break the news to everyone it was the Comanche who caused the destruction of the area, and has been confirmed by the Comanches.
The Spanish settlers moved into the confines of the Presidio and used the small Church; the archives show that there were a total of three Spanish wells on the grounds.
www.americanindianmovement.org /txaim/genocide.html   (19179 words)

  
 Bonita Springs Real Estate - New Homes and Condos - Marbella at Spanish Wells
Marbella at Spanish Wells is a new private gated golf community
Spanish Wells features a 27 hole private championship golf course designed by Bill Maddox and Gordon Lewis.
The 5,000 square foot clubhouse features 2 dining areas, fitness center with a full time director, pro-shop, pool, putting greens, driving range, and 5 tennis courts.
www.raysnow.com /marbella_spanish_wells.htm   (102 words)

  
 Spanish Wells Plantation - Hilton Head, Beaufort County, South Carolina SC
Spanish Wells Plantation - Hilton Head, Beaufort County, South Carolina SC Spanish Wells Plantation - Hilton Head, Beaufort County South Carolina SC
Spanish Wells Plantation – Hilton Head – Beaufort County
South-Carolina-Plantations.com – Spanish Wells Plantation, Hilton Head, Beaufort County, SC © 2005 SCIway.net, LLC.
south-carolina-plantations.com /beaufort/spanish-wells.html   (109 words)

  
 Eleuthera's Salt Kettle Beach, just next to Spanish Wells, Bahamas.
At the large Texaco petrol station turn right and go north in the direction of Spanish Wells.
Take the second road past the bend which is the last road before the dock for the ferry to Spanish Wells.
Very rarely boaters from Harbour Island or Spanish Wells stop here.
www.discover-eleuthera-bahamas.com /salt-kettle-beach.html   (160 words)

  
 Bahama Tings:Vacation at Hotels, Motels & Rental Homes in Spanish Wells, Bahamas
We are dedicated to the individuals who wish to turn off their beepers and cell phones and have a quiet vacation on a small tropical island.  Spanish Wells is that island in the Bahamas.
We are an archipelago of 700  islands surrounded by crystal clear water and white sandy beaches.
The island of Spanish Wells is 50 miles Northeast of Nassau, Bahamas  which is our capital.
www.bahamatings.com /rentals.html   (379 words)

  
 VacationHomesUnlimited.com Spanish Wells Vacation Home Details
Spanish Wells is a terrific area for relaxing, sunbathing, fishing, and diving.
Located in Spanish Wells, Bahamas, a picturesque Caribbean island.
Spend a week or a month, on beautiful pink and white sand beaches, with water so clear that you can see your shadow on the bottom.
www.vacationhomesunlimited.com /home_detail.asp?prop_id=2558   (117 words)

  
 NAWQA -- Nevada Basin and Range Study Unit Cycle II workplan
A significant number of ground water studies will take place in FY03.  Table 1 summarizes the work that will be done.  Below are brief descriptions of the work.
We have two interrelated ground-water studies in the Reno/Carson City areas planned for FY03.  These are: 1) re-sampled Major Aquifer Study (MAS) in Reno and Carson City that will sample 30 wells, and 2) Source Water Assessment (SWA) study in Carson City and Spanish Springs that will sample 15 public supply wells.
A variety of surface water and ecology studies will take place in FY03.  Table 2 summarizes the work that will be done.
nevada.usgs.gov /nawqa/ElementsFY03.htm   (539 words)

  
 Hilton Head Island Real Estate, South Carolina, Spanish Wells Plantation, Chip Collins of Sea Pines Real Estate.
Hilton Head Island Real Estate, South Carolina, Spanish Wells Plantation, Chip Collins of Sea Pines Real Estate.
We'll keep you abreast of the changes with the Mayer Collins Team Newsletter.
It's a terrific and concise way to get an overview of the plantation, learn about property values, and get a sampling of properties for sale.
www.spanishwellsrealestate.com   (131 words)

  
 Adventurers Hotel/Motel, Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, Bahamas, hotel, condo apartment, fun, sun surf, waterfront   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
After extensive damages sustained from Hurricane Andrew in August of '92, the Resort formerly known as the Harbour Club has just finished being completely renovated and refurbished and renamed the Adventurers Resort.
The Resort's location is such that it is accessible to all the conveniences such as quality dining and shopping, yet maintaining a peaceful, laid-back and most comfortable environment, free of the daily hustle and bustle of the average life style.
We look forward to seeing you on our beautiful island of Spanish Wells, which is situated just a half a mile from the Northern tip of Eleuthera and fifty miles east of Nassau, Bahamas.
www.bahamasvacationguide.com /adventurers.html   (254 words)

  
 Bonita Springs Florida Vacation Rentals Bonita Springs/Spanish Wells Coach Home
Vacation in a luxurious, BRAND NEW (1/2005), 3 bedroom / 2 bath Coach Home located in the gated community of Spanish Wells Country Club in Bonita Springs, just north of Naples, Florida.
Spanish Wells is a gated Community built around a 27 hole championship golf course (golf at Spanish Wells not included in the rental but MANY excellent public golf courses are within 5 minutes).
The park has tidal lagoons fringed with mangroves, diverse aquatic animals, and beautiful remote beaches that will delight eco- tourists, as well as those who simply wish to witness all the Gulf has to offer.
www.floridavacations.com /fv/7884.html   (855 words)

  
 Bahamas Traveler: Need advice - Spanish Wells & Harbour Island
A friend said skip Spanish Wells and Harbour Island.
I do not want destinations which are too difficult to get in and out of.
Re: Need advice - Spanish Wells & Harbour Island - Augusta 6-05-03
www.bahamas-mon.com /bahamaforum/family/1677.html   (199 words)

  
 Browser Warning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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www.wellsfargo.com /spanish   (94 words)

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