Panama City Beach

Author : Jan Smith
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738517001
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Panama City Beach written by Jan Smith and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : J. D. Weeks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439633355
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Panama City written by J. D. Weeks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panama City began as three 640-acre homesteads in the late 1800s and was incorporated in 1909. The seat of Bay County, this thriving port city of nearly 156,000 is home to Tyndall Air Force Base and the Naval Coastal Systems Center. This volume contains more than 200 vintage postcard views of Panama City from its earliest years through the 1970s. Scenes of neighboring Panama City Beach include early beach institutions like the Hangout at Long Beach Resort, Jenkins Drive In, Mitties Tavern, and Little Birmingham. Those who remember the Fo'C'sle Grille at the Verde Mer Cottages in Laguna Beach deserve a gold star.

Author : Tim Hollis
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604736205
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Florida's Miracle Strip written by Tim Hollis and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-01-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since World War II, tourists have flocked to Florida's northwest Gulf Coast and sun and fun spots at Panama City Beach, Fort Walton Beach, and Pensacola Beach. Every year those visitors number in the millions. For those who long to recall how the vacationland appeared thirty, forty, or even fifty years ago, Tim Hollis has written Florida's Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast. In a style that informs and entertains, Hollis describes the rise of early developments, such as Long Beach Resort, and major tourist attractions, such as the Gulfarium and the Miracle Strip Amusement Park. With heartfelt nostalgia and a dose of tongue-in-cheek, he reminisces on the motels and tourist cottages; the restaurants, such as Captain Anderson's and Staff's; the elaborate miniature golf courses, such as Goofy Golf and its many imitators. He takes a special delight in recovering the memories of those quirky businesses that now exist only in faded photographs and aging postcards, such wacky tourist traps as Castle Dracula, Petticoat Junction, Tombstone Territory, and the Snake-A-Torium. In the book, Hollis examines how this area became known as the "Miracle Strip," and how the local chambers of commerce got so tired of that image that the name gradually fell into disuse. The book is illustrated with a profusion of vintage photos and advertisements, most of which have not been seen in print since their original appearances. For the nostalgia lover, the snowbird, the tourist seeking yesteryear, Florida's Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast will be a welcome traveling companion.

Author : Jeannie Weller Cooper
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162584140X
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Panama City Beach written by Jeannie Weller Cooper and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a collection of nostalgic and lighthearted vignettes, local author Jeannie Weller Cooper recounts the history of Panama City Beach, the barrier islands and beach for old Panama City. First inhabited by Native Americans in the years before the Spanish arrived in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Panama City Beach has always proved a good hideout for fugitives, from Native Americans fleeing from European invaders to runaway slaves, Civil War soldiers, outlaws and rumrunners. In 1929, the first Hathaway Bridge was completed; connecting Greater Panama City to the beach, but the lagoon and the beach remained a sleepy curiosity until the bombing of Pearl Harbor mobilized the United States to war. Now Panama City Beach is home to thousands of residents, as well as being a renowned tourist destination.

Author : Beverly Nield
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439665192
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Panama City written by Beverly Nield and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the haunted history of this Florida Gulf Coast city with tales of battles, murders, natural disasters and the restless spirits they left behind. Located on the coast of Florida’s panhandle, Panama City offers plenty of charm, fun and sun. But it also has a dramatic past that still lingers among its old buildings and historic landmarks. Staff at the City Center for the Arts can still hear the footsteps of inmates pacing the cells of the Old County Jail that once occupied the grounds, and a phantom known as Virginia still frequents the elevators of the historic Bay County Courthouse. Not all spirits bring doom and gloom, however—one local family learned how to befriend the resident ghost of their new home that was fond of whistling at night. Using extensive research and interviews, author Beverly Nield details the ghastly history of haunted Panama City.

Author : J. D. Weeks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738541853
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Panama City written by J. D. Weeks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panama City began as three 640-acre homesteads in the late 1800s and was incorporated in 1909. The seat of Bay County, this thriving port city of nearly 156,000 is home to Tyndall Air Force Base and the Naval Coastal Systems Center. This volume contains more than 200 vintage postcard views of Panama City from its earliest years through the 1970s. Scenes of neighboring Panama City Beach include early beach institutions like the Hangout at Long Beach Resort, Jenkins Drive In, Mitties Tavern, and Little Birmingham. Those who remember the FoaCasle Grille at the Verde Mer Cottages in Laguna Beach deserve a gold star.

Author : Lou Ferrigno
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340337622
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Incredible Lou Ferrigno written by Lou Ferrigno and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nancy Bartholomew
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1466856920
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Miracle Strip written by Nancy Bartholomew and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sexy Stripper-Sleuth Bares It All to Catch a Cold-Blooded Killer in The Miracle Strip by Nancy Bartholomew The whip-smart Sierra Lavotini is the hottest act on Panama City's strip scene. She's the headliner at the bare-all bar, the Tiffany Club. Besides her bodacious business, Sierra's life is fairly simple. And that's the way she likes it. But when a good friend, Denise, seeks her help, Sierra's life takes a murderous turn. Seems Denise's furry friend Arlo has just been "dognapped." From the pricey ransom note, Sierra figures there's much more to this case than meets the eye. And her hunch proves correct when a quick trip to Denise's apartment reveals a fresh corpse. Sierra can't shake the feeling that her friend isn't telling her the whole story--especially after Denise turns up missing and the body count continues to rise. Determined to reveal the naked truth, Sierra tackles this steamy caper head on, digging in her stiletto heels until the dangerous job is done.

Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vacation & Travel Guide written by Rand McNally and Company and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers 2,000 points of interest, U.S., Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.

Author : Junior Service League of Panama City
Publisher : Junior Service League of Panama
ISBN 13 : 9780961501426
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bay Fetes written by Junior Service League of Panama City and published by Junior Service League of Panama. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Junior Service League of Panama City presents its third cookbook, Bay F????????????????tes, which is an entertainment cookbook with pages full of vivid color photographs and recipes highlighting the flavors and history of Florida's Gulf Coast. From a candlelight dinner for two to a holiday cocktail party and more, this book helps create the perfect eve