The photographs below show the construction of the United States Post Office that was at the corner of Nelson Avenue and 7th Street. It is now a private building. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Accession Nos. 2010-9-1 through 2010-9-14: Donated by
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Book: “Gone . . . but Not Forgotten”
This book was compiled by a committee of people whose families lived in the former Alice Creek and New Hope communities until the early 1940s. The two villages and the surrounding area were confiscated by the United States government for use by Eglin Field. The families received nominal amounts for
Continue readingNational Forest Headquarters
This item appeared in the Bradford County Telegraph (Starke, Florida) on September 30, 1910: The headquarters of the [Choctawhatchee] and Ocala National Forest will be moved from DeFuniak Springs to Pensacola and the supervisor in charge of these forests is making preparations to [transfer] the office. This will be done
Continue readingHearing to Fund the Courthouse in DeFuniak Springs
From Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, House of Representatives, on Bills for Public Buildings at [among other places] De Funiak Springs, Fla. (Statement of Mr. Kehoe), February 5 , 1919, Washington, D.C., page 50-52. According to the Preface of this volume of
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