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Richard W. Ervin, Jr. (1905–2004), born in Carrabelle, was the Florida Attorney General from 1949 to 1964, and he served as chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1969 to 1971 [14] Caroline Hall , after whom the town was named and who served as the town's first postmistress, was one of the eight founders of The Grange .
Dog Island is located in the northwestern Florida Gulf coast, just 3.5 mi (5.6 km) off-shore from Carrabelle, in Franklin County, Florida. There is, by reservation, ferry transportation to Dog Island on weekends. [1] There are no stores, restaurants, or public restrooms on Dog Island. A hotel, the Pelican Inn, closed in 2016.
McKissack is the surname of a family, long-time residents of the area, the first Floridian generation being William Crawford McKissack (born in Shorterville, Alabama; 1878–1958), a pharmacist and real estate developer who – with his wife, Mae Pickett (maiden; born in Apalachicola, Florida, 1879–1925) – moved from Shorterville to ...
St. James Island is an inhabited area along the Florida Panhandle surrounded by the Carrabelle River, Crooked River, Ochlockonee River, and St. George Sound in Franklin County, Florida. It is more than 20 miles (32 km) long and averages 4 miles (6.4 km) wide. It is separated from the mainland by the tidal Crooked River.
TAPPAN ‒ The new Dockside Bar & Grill at Tappan Lake will be opening on Mother's Day weekend at the Tappan Marina. The menu will feature classic American cuisine with a lot of seafood, fresh ...
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW [1]) is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States.It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1,300 mi (2,100 km) [1] from Saint Marks, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas.
The Forgotten Coast is a trademark first used by the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce on September 1, 1992. [1] The name is most commonly used to refer to a relatively quiet, undeveloped and sparsely populated section of coastline stretching from Mexico Beach on the Gulf of Mexico to St. Marks on Apalachee Bay in the U.S. state of Florida. [2]
Men of an Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group at ASFTC Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida, build a floating dock from Navy pontoon gear. 9 May 1944. Camp Gordon Johnston was a World War II United States Army training center located in Carrabelle, Florida, United States.