Mexico Beach / Al Cathey and Cathey Parker Hobbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cathey, Al., Author.

Hobbs, Cathey Parker., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexico Beach (Fla.)--History--Pictorial works.

Mexico Beach (Fla.).

Mexico Beach (Fla.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

As French interests in the Americas dwindled, records indicate very little activity around Mexico Beach until rumors of buried riches and sunken ships brought treasure hunters to the coast. In the early 1900s, businessman Felix du Pont purchased the land known today as Mexico Beach. Resin to make turpentine was harvested from the native pine trees, and fishermen could not resist the migratory fish passing through the area's waters. By the 1930s, US Highway 98 was completed, and visitors could finally reach the sugar-soft sand beaches of the "Unforgettable Coast." By 1941, Tyndall Field was constructed and became a training site for Air Force pilots. In 1946, a group of farsighted businessmen, led by Gordan Parker, W.T. McGowan, and J.W. Wainwright, purchased 1,850 acres along the beach for

OCLC:

900737100