The manufacturing and bottling plant of the Hygeia Company to be erected in DeFuniak will be the fifteenth owned by that company in the south. The DeFuniak plant will equal in size the plants at Pensacola and Anniston, Ala. [Source: The Pensacola Journal, September 9, 1924, Page 2.]
Hygeia Works to Be Installed; Will Have Capacity of 1,200 Cases Daily. DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Sept 6 — (Special) The Hygeia, or Coca-Cola, people will put in a manufacturing and bottling plant in DeFuniak Springs. The Hygeia distributing plant for DeFuniak the eastern part of the city, and the Springs and… Continue reading
In June of 1903 L. G. Crosby became sole owner of the new Pensacola Coca Cola franchise. In September of that year he produced the first bottle of Coca Cola in the Pensacola plant. By 1924 Crosby had succeeded in running this competitors out of business and was the only… Continue reading
The Apalachicola Times reported the following in its October 10, 1908, edition: MARSHALL & CO., are making fixtures for the First National Bank, of DeFuniak, consisting of counters, railings and cypress paneled petitions for three rooms, making altogether very handsome fittings. Historian Mark Curenton of Apalachicola provided additional information about… Continue reading
In one of her “Bits and Pieces of Walton County History” columns, Anna Reardon wrote: “Wallace Bruce was born in Hillsdale, N.Y. on January 10, 1844. He was well-educated, graduating with honors from Yale University about 1868. . . . He married Anna Becker of Scodak Depot, N.Y. about 1870…. Continue reading
These advertisements for the Chautauqua Hotel appeared in the Pensacola Commercial. The date of the ad above was December 3, 1884, before the first Florida Chautauqua Assembly. The date of the ad shown below appears to be March 8, 1885. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
