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The September 2024 issue is available here.
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as well as books by Walton County authors!
The Heritage of Walton County, Florida has just been reduced!
The Lakewood Star
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We are pleased to offer all known copies of The Lakewood Star in our Newspaper Archives. The Star provides a glimpse of life in the thriving lumber town of Lakewood in 1908 and 1909. The scans are copies of copies, so transcripts have been provided. Part of the humor of The Star is the frequent and probably intentional misspelling of words; e.g., “catarrh” and “catar” mean guitar.
Tom McNeill, whose family owned Britton Lumber Company, contributed the copies. His grandmother, Hazel Slaughter, married Tom Britton and served as the "stenographer" for The Lakewood Star. We thank Tom McNeil for the copies of the Star and for his many contributions to our museum from Lakewood and the Britton Lumber Company.
If you notice any errors in the transcripts, or you have copies of other Walton County publications you would be willing to donate, please email the museum.
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The Walton County Heritage Museum is open
Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Admission is free.
1140 Circle Drive
DeFuniak Springs,
Florida 32435
Directions
Phone Number: 850-401-2060
Email: heritagemuseum@brighthouse.com
Researching Your Family?
The Walton County Genealogy Society offers many research opportunities for Walton County and the surrounding area.
Free consultation with the President of the Genealogy Society, Wayne Sconiers, every Wednesday afternoon at the museum.
An extensive library of books, including dozens of the Heritage Series books for Alabama and Florida and dozens of genealogy books about Walton County families.
The Heritage Collection contains photographs and information about many items in our collection. If you cannot visit us in person, the Heritage Collection will show you a sample of our artifacts.
The Newspaper Archives has excerpts of Walton County publications going as far back as 1908.
Obituaries for Walton County includes funeral home records, which often include information that cannot be found elsewhere.
We also maintain files of people, places and events throughout the county, so feel free to visit or write to us with questions. |
