GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF OKALOOSA COUNTY
Genealogical Society of Okaloosa County
P.O. Box 1175, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549

SCENES OF THE PAST IN OKALOOSA COUNTY
Found in the Florida Photographic Collection at the State Library and Archives of Florida
Accident on Way to Crestview, 1949
[Accident 1]
Accident on Way to Crestview, 1949
[Accident 2]
Road Between Valparaiso and Crestview in 1919
[Road to Crestview]
CCC Camp in Niceville, 1933
[Road to Crestview]
Brooks Bridge, 1947
[Brooks Bridge]
Destin Bridge, 1950
[Destin Bridge]
Cinco Bayou Bridge, 1955
[Cinco]
Destin Looking East, 1959
[Destin Looking East]
President Truman in Valpariso, 1950
[Pres Truman]
Valparaiso Business Area, circ 1920
[Valp Business Area 1920]
Valparaiso Hotel, 1919
[Valp Hotel]
Valparaiso Party Boat, 1921
[Valparaiso Boat Tour]
Ferry at Valparaiso Bay, 1920
[Valp Ferry]
Downtown Valparaiso, 1950
[Downtown Valparaiso, 1950]
Postcard Scene of Old Destin Bridge
[Destin Postcard]
Derailed Logging Engine, Svea, Okaloosa County, Florida, circa 1915
[Derailed Engine, Svea, FL, circa 1915]
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College Downtown Campus in Valparaiso
[OWJC]
Okaloosa County Marker, 1975
[Okaloosa Marker]
Planing Mill in Valparaiso circa 1919
[OWJC]
Map of Okaloosa County in 1916
[Okaloosa Map 1916]
"Uncle" Bill Lundy lived in Laurel Hill and Crestview.
He was reported to be the last living Confederate Veteran in Florida,

[Uncle Bill]
William Lundy.
The Okaloosa Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans,
the William Lundy Camp, is named for him.
[Okaloosa Map 1916]
Indianola Inn on the Sound at Camp Walton

[Indianola 2]
Indianola Inn on the Sound at Fort Walton, 1921
(Appears to be later than the Camp Walton photo.)
[Indianola 3]
Post Office and Dock to the Indianola Inn on the Sound at Fort Walton

[Indianola 2]
People on the Camp Walton Docks, 1915
[FW Docks]
Aerial View of Valparaiso Inn, 1949

[Valp Inn Aerial]
Valparaiso Inn

[Valp Inn 1]
Valparaiso Inn

[Valp Inn 2]
Valparaiso Inn

[Valp Inn 3]
Visitors to the Gulfarium in 1963.
The Gulfarium project was started in 1954 by Brandy Siebenaler
at Fort Walton Beach. It opened on August 15, 1955, with a staff
of about 20 trained professionals. The Gulfarium was one of the first
major tourist attractions in the Florida Panhandle.
[Gulfarium]


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