Considered one of the world's most beautiful beaches for its sugar white sand and emerald blue-green waters, Panama City Beach has, until recently, remained one of Florida's undiscovered treasures. First documented by Spanish explorers in the 1500s and later by the English, the region remained unsettled because of its inaccessibility and marauding renegade inhabitants. At a time when property was valued according to the crops it could grow, the beach was dismissed as a "no man's land" unsuitable for habitation. The early 1930s and the Hathaway Bridge, connecting Panama City Beach to the mainland, marked its "discovery" and the beginning of area tourism.
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Author Jan Smith enjoys the time she spends at her home in Panama City Beach and is proud of the community and its history. Thanks to the tremendous outpouring of local support from people such as Bay County librarian Rebecca Brown Saunders and others, Smith has gathered a unique collection of beachside photographs reflecting the lively and colorful past of this dynamic Gulf Coast resort.
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A Great History of One of the Worlds Greatest Beaches,
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This book was honestly one of the best books written about this wonderful beach, The author shows everything wonderful and elegant of Panama City,FL. A GREAT BOOK INDEED!
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Adams County encompasses 618 square miles (one source says 541), of which Gettysburg is the largest borough. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Panama City Beach, Courtesy Bay County Library, Long Beach Resort, Courtesy Carolyn Insley, Miracle Strip, Courtesy Florida State Archives, Thomas Drive, Courtesy Dick Doerr, Courtesy Goofy, Courtesy James Stevenson, Courtesy Ray County Library, Long Reach, Bob Hargis, Hang Out, Jim Miller, Shell Island, Spring Break, Courtesy Bay County Literary, Hathaway Bridge, Hurricane Eloise, Tombstone Territory New!
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Adams County encompasses 618 square miles (one source says 541), of which Gettysburg is the largest borough. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Panama City Beach, Courtesy Bay County Library, Long Beach Resort, Courtesy Carolyn Insley, Miracle Strip, Courtesy Florida State Archives, Thomas Drive, Courtesy Dick Doerr, Courtesy Goofy, Courtesy James Stevenson, Courtesy Ray County Library, Long Reach, Bob Hargis, Hang Out, Jim Miller, Shell Island, Spring Break, Courtesy Bay County Literary, Hathaway Bridge, Hurricane Eloise, Tombstone Territory New!
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- Gettysburg (Images of America) by Dolly Nasby on 5 pages
- Dynamic Loading and Design of Structures by Andreas Kappos on page 283, and page 284
- Panama City (FL) (Postcard History) by J.D. Weeks in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Florida’s Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast by Tim Hollis on page 63, and Back Matter
- Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment for Wetlands (Setac Special Publications Series) by Michael A. Lewis et al. on page 240
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