Florida Road Trip Through Pensacola to Tallahassee
The narrative describes a coastal drive from Mobile Bay through Pensacola toward Tallahassee along US highways 90 98 and 231 with a new toll bridge noted. It notes undeveloped Gulf coast areas the Pensacola naval base and a Tallahassee stop with a large cockroach incident revealing rough lodging. The author highlights turpentine pine country around Brooksville and the route’s recent paving improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Bay
Sach
Florida
Pensacola
Tallahassee
DeFuniac Springs
Marivanna
Pensacola Bay
Gulf Coast
Naval Air Base
Biloxi
Panama City
Gulf
Youngstown
Dunedin
Blountstown
Bristol
Hosford
State Capitol
University of Florida
Brooksville
Ping Aere
Yeady
Tarpon Springs Sponge Trade and Florida Coastal Trip Notes
A travelogue from Brooksville to Tarpon Springs details the thriving sponge fisheries led by Greeks, with Dunedin and Borg's Trailer Park near Tampa Bay. The writer describes citrus belts, Pinellas County's sand soil, water quality, and the climate, noting high living costs, a freeze's damage to citrus, and recent cold snaps affecting housing and fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooksville
Aripeka
Tarpon Springs
United States
Greek Orthodox Church
Dunedin
Borg’s
Floyd P. DeVaul
Clearwater
St. Petersburg
Florida
Borg’s Park
America
Pinellas County
Tampa Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Largo
Spencer Fair
St. Louis
Chicago
Okeechobee
Arizona
Rio Grande Valley
DeVaul
Gulf
Alabama
Georgia
Birmingham
Des Moines
Tampa
Kodiak Island
Alaska
Marion Bruce
Havelock Woman's club meeting and local notes
The Havelock Woman's club gathered Friday afternoon at Mrs. Walter Bachman's home with Mrs. Mary Boysen assisting. A lunch followed the business meeting. Obituaries note Joe Bloudil age 77, cancer operation, burial at Washington cemetery. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed with their travels and family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havelock Woman's Club
Walter Bachman
Mary Boysen
Joe Blondis
Joe
Frank Bloudil
Waterloo
Joe Bloudil
St. Francis Hospital
C. L. Day
Dolliver
Washington Cemetery
Clarence Shaveland
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Bertha Shaveland
Harry Trupe
Manson
Stahl
Plover
G. A. Grover
Albert City
Joe Bell
Mallard
Andrew Peterson
Pocahontas
S. M. Johnson
Curlew
George. Waters
Brown
Broadlawn
John Sandy
Sunshine Club
Earl Sandy
Dean
Sandys
Elmer Clayton
Clarion
Lloyd Emory
Henry Buck
Frank Kirschell
Rolfe
R. C. Derr
Beckord Brothers
Beckord Hatchery
Charles Gruver
Emmetsburg
H. D. Grover
Charles Schuman
Marathon
Floyd and
Dale Whitmer
Laurens
Richard Forbes
Jake Ruebel
Willie Hendricks
J. T. Hendricks
Clyde Speer
Vance Wiley
Miss Swanson
Ruth Dawson
Henry
Lawrence Buck
Ralph Smith
Will Hendricks
Thimble Club
Otto Maltzahn
Local Social Notes Highlight Fort Dodge Area Happenings
Residents and visitors share updates on illness recoveries travel and family visits in Fort Dodge and surrounding towns. Loretta Bass returns from Boone nursing stint while Mamie Daugherty tends Mrs Hauswirth. Families relocate between farms. many attend gatherings and church events as spring motifs appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Auten
Fort Dodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Borg
Park, Idin
Florida, Te Ge
Mobile
Havelock News
Woman's Club
Leon Allen
Arthur ‘Ralle
Ralle
Norvel Tinken
Clare
C. C. Cole
Margaret Hakeman
Marjorie Barth
Ayreshire
Humboldt
Benjamin Eby
Arthur Ralle
Freddie Klein
Dorothy Lokerse
Donald Gibson
Ralfe
Mary Smith
Sale
Bradgate
Deering
McCormick Mower
John Deere
Massa Harris
L. C. Abens Lunch Truck
Ware, Iowa
Rolfe State Bank
Lindeman & Wessels
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