“Anchor of the Bay – St. Andrews”
St. Andrews celebrated its Centennial in 2008. But the town actually dates back to the 1820s when the first visitors came down from Jackson County to enjoy the bay. In this book you’ll read about Georgia Gov John Clark and his home along Beach Drive that attracted visitors from all over the South. You’ll learn about this area’s involvement in the Civil War through its altmakers and the Skirmish that took place along West Beach Drive.You’ll share in the great mail-order scheme promotion of 20,000 acres by the St. Andrews, Railroad, Land & Co., a development company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the late 1880s.
You’ll join in J.H. Drummond’s promotion of St. Andrews in the early 1900s. You’ll read about its railroad and the way Drummond intended to make the town one of the great seaports on the Gulf Coast. You’ll follow St. Andrews’ through incorporation in 1909 and the great loss its residents felt when St. Andrews was absorbed into Panama City in 1926.
You’ll read about the World War II boom days at Wainwright Shipyard and the St. Andrews School, now on the historical registry. You’ll understand the popularity of St. Andrews when it was the center of the head and charter boats, fishing in the Gulf. You’ll end with St. Andrews’ great rebirth as the community climbs back to become one of the important locations on St. Andrew Bay.
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