Myrtle Scharrer Betz

**Myrtle Catherine Scharrer Betz** (Fabrairu)&nbsp;22, 1895&nbsp;– Janairu&nbsp;3, 1992) marubuciya ce 'yar Amurka kuma mai rajin kare muhalli wadda ta rubuta game da rayuwa a Tsibirin Caladesi a farkon karni na 20.  An san Betz da kasancewa mutum ɗaya tilo da ya fito daga zuriyar Turai da aka haifa a Tsibirin Caladesi,   da kuma yin kwale-kwale a kan St. Joseph Sound kowace rana don halartar makaranta a Dunedin tun tana ƙarama.  A rayuwarta ta baya, Betz ta yi tasiri a Tsibirin Caladesi ta zama wurin shakatawa na gwamnati .

## Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Myrtle Scharrer a watan Fabrairu&nbsp;A ranar 22 ga watan Nuwamba, 1895, a Tsibirin Caladesi, wanda a lokacin ake kira Hog Island, ga Henry Scharrer, wani baƙo ɗan ƙasar Switzerland wanda ya fara zama a tsibirin a ƙarshen shekarun 1880, da Catherine "Kate" McNally, wata baƙuwa 'yar ƙasar Ireland wadda ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar gida ga wani iyali a Dunedin .   Mahaifiyarta ta mutu a shekarar 1902, lokacin da Scharrer ke da shekaru bakwai.

A lokacin da take zaune a tsibirin, Scharrer da mahaifinta suna kamun kifi.  Mahaifinta kuma yana noma amfanin gona kuma yana kiwon zuma a tsibirin, yayin da yake koya wa Scharrer farauta da kamun kifi. Tun tana da shekaru takwas, Scharrer ta halarci makaranta akai-akai a babban yankin, inda ta kasance mai halartar kusan shekaru huɗu; daga baya ta tuna da yin kwale-kwale a fadin St. Joseph Sound .  Yayin da mahaifinta ke sayar da sabbin amfanin gona, kifi, zuma, da alade, Scharrer - wacce ta kira kanta " tomboy " - ta sami kuɗi a matsayin mai farautar gashi. Ta taimaka mata wajen karatunta da ayyukan "kimiyya" na mahaifinta daga Bern, Switzerland .  

A shekarar 1915, tana da shekaru 20, ta auri Herman Betz; sun zauna tare shekaru uku a Miami kafin su koma St. Petersburg a shekarar 1918. Iyalan Betz sun koma Caladesi a shekarar 1919, kuma a shekarar 1928 sun haifi 'ya mace ɗaya.   A watan Yunin 1934, watanni shida kafin mutuwar Henry Scharrer, Betz da mijinta sun ƙaura zuwa babban yankin ƙasar don 'yarsu ta sami damar zuwa makaranta a Dunedin.  

Betz yana kan Tsibirin Hog lokacin da guguwar Tampa Bay ta afkawa a shekarar 1921. Guguwar ta raba tsibirin gida biyu, inda ta samar da Tsibirin Honeymoon a arewa da Tsibirin Caladesi a kudu. Betz yana cikin wadanda suka fara kallon sabuwar hanyar da ta raba tsibiran, wato Hurricane Pass. An ruwaito cewa gidan Scharrer bai samu wata barna ta dindindin ba.

Betz, wacce ta kasance memba a ƙungiyar National Audubon Society tsawon rai, ta kasance mai fafutukar kare tsuntsaye a Ofishin Binciken Halittu daga 1919 zuwa 1934.   A shekarar 1932, ta buga wani labari a cikin *The Auk* game da mujiyoyin da ke tono a tsibirin.  Betz ta yi tafiye-tafiye da dama tare da masanin kimiyyar halitta WS Blatchley, wanda mazaunin Dunedin ne na hunturu.  An ambace ta a cikin littafinsa na 1932 *mai suna In Days Agone* a matsayin "mai lura da rayuwar tsuntsaye sosai." 

A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Kamfanin Kifi na Dunedin ya ɗauki Betz aiki.   Daga 1944 zuwa 1946, ta rubuta ba tare da an ambaci sunanta ba a cikin wani shafi na mako-mako a cikin Jaridar *Dunedin Times* mai suna "Pinch-Hitting for the Old Gishiri," sunan yana nufin kalmar wasan baseball don maye gurbin batter .   Shafin yakan nuna girke-girke da labarai game da Dunedin Marina. 

Daga 1946 zuwa 1954, iyalan Betz sun yi lokacin bazara a wani lambun 'ya'yan itace da suka mallaka a Bent, New Mexico .  

## Rayuwa daga baya
Betz ta rayu mafi yawan rayuwarta ta ƙarshe a Palm Harbor, ta yi ritaya a can a shekarar 1954.  Bisa ga burin mahaifinta, Betz ta shafe shekaru tana neman mayar da kadarar Scharrer da ke Caladesi zuwa mafakar namun daji, ba tare da ta sami goyon bayan gwamnati ba; kafin shekarun 1960 ba a yi mata kallon mai kyau ba.  Bayan an sayar da ita ga Kwamishinan Birnin Dunedin Francis L. Skinner a shekarar 1946, gidan Scharrer mai fadin eka 156, tare da sauran kadarori a tsibirin, jihar ta saya, kuma ta gina wurin shakatawa na gwamnati a shekarar 1967, kodayake gidaje da ɗakunan ajiya na asali da ke wurin sun ƙone a shekarun 1950.  Betz ta yi aiki a majalisar ba da shawara kan al'amuran da suka shafi Caladesi daga 1967 zuwa 1971.  

Tana da shekaru 87, Betz ta rubuta littafin, *Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise*, tana ba da labarin rayuwarta a tsibirin shinge .   An fara buga littafin *Yesteryear I Lived In Paradise* a shekarar 1985 a cikin wani tsari mai sassauƙa wanda ya samu damar ta hanyar sha'awa da karimcin abokai 105 na Myrtle Betz. An gabatar da wannan bugu ga Myrtle a matsayin kyauta mai ban mamaki don cika shekaru 90 da haihuwa, tare da rubutun farko da Vivien Skinner Grant, 'yar'uwar Francis L. Skinner da aka ambata a baya kuma tsohon Kwamishinan Birnin Dunedin da kanta ya rubuta.  A shekarar 1990, Honeymoon Island State Park ta yi bikin Ranar Myrtle Scharrer Betz a tsibirin.  

## Mutuwa da gado

Betz ta mutu a shekarar 1992 a Asibitin Sun Coast bayan ta sha fama da bugun jini.  Daga baya iyalanta suka watsar da tokarta a Caladesi Island State Park. 

A shekarar 1994, an gabatar da wani wasan kwaikwayo da ya dogara da littafinta game da Tsibirin Caladesi, *The Islander*, a cibiyar al'adu da ke Tarpon Springs, Florida .  Zuriyar Betz sun kuma gabatar da labarin rayuwarta a cikin kayan kwalliya na lokacin al'ada ga mutanen da ke sha'awar rayuwa a tsibirin. 

A shekara ta 2000, an karrama ta a matsayin babbar 'yar Florida, ɗaya daga cikin mutane biyu da aka karrama daga Dunedin (ɗayan kuma shine babban mai sayar da ruwan lemu Bronson Cushing Skinner, wanda ɗan'uwan Francis L. Skinner ne).  Allon Betz yana nan a Dunedin Marina, inda ta yi aiki a Kamfanin Kifi na Dunedin. 

An sake buga littafin *Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise* a shekarar 1991, 2009, da kuma 2023. An ba da kyautar Florida Trust for Historic Preservation a bugun 2009, kuma murfin littafin ya ƙunshi *Caladesi Sunset*, wani zane da mai zane na Tarpon Springs Christopher M. Still ya zana .   A shekarar 2012, jikokin Betz Terry Fortner da Suzanne Thorp sun buga *littafin Caladesi Cookbook: Recipes from a Florida Lifetime, 1895-1992*, wani littafi na girke-girke na Betz tare da bayanan da ke ba da bayanai game da rayuwarta da kuma abubuwan tunawa da iyalinta, tare da gabatarwar da farfesa Gary R. Mormino na tarihi na Jami'ar Kudancin Florida ya rubuta.  

A shekarar 2008, an bayyana Betz a cikin littafin Linda Taylor game da matan Florida da ke binciken yanayi, kuma a shekarar 2016, an nuna tarihin rayuwarta a wani baje koli, "Our Women, Our Places," a Gidan Tarihi na Palm Harbor, wanda kuma aka sake yin wani karatun wasan kwaikwayo na The Islander . Daga baya, ƙungiyar tarihi ta Clearwater ta naɗa ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mata masu ban sha'awa na 2025 Trailblazing, wani baje koli na shekara-shekara a lokacin Watan Tarihin Mata wanda ke girmama manyan mata daga yankin Gundumar Pinellas .

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