Pensacola Beach Sign

The Pensacola Beach Sign was designed in 1960 by Mrs. Patricia Thorton Born. The Sign was commissioned by the Santa Rosa Island Authority to help direct tourists to drive from the city of Pensacola to Pensacola Beach.

Lamar Advertising built ...

Allan Davis Sea Shells & Souvenirs

Allan Davis Seashells and Souvenirs operated in Gulf Breeze, FL for 65 years.

Mr. Davis' storefront sported a brightly painted yellow sign with 10 foot tall lettering advertising Seashells and Souvenirs for sale. The front yard was home to a ...

The Sandshaker Lounge

The Sandshaker Lounge opened for business in 1971, becoming the first stand-alone bar on Pensacola Beach. The lounge is located near Pensacola's most visited beaches including Casino Beach and Quietwater Beach.

The lounge is not only the oldest bar, but ...

Naples

Located in extreme southwestern Florida, Naples is in an area that was once home to Calusa and Seminole Indians. White settlers began arriving in the 1860s when Roger Gordon, a frontiersman and traveler, constructed a small fishing camp in the ...

Delray Beach

Delray Beach is located in the southern portion of Palm Beach County along Florida's Atlantic Coast. Today, the city is known for its tourism industry but originally was recognized for its rich farmland and the economic opportunities associated with Henry ...

Fellsmere

In 1896, Fellsmere was little more than swampland on the banks of Blue Cypress Lake when two local farm companies, spurred by the arrival of the railroad, began selling plots of land to eager settlers. Nature reclaimed the land in ...

Melbourne

Melbourne, situated on Indian River Lagoon, on Florida's "Space Coast," is about one hour's drive south of Kennedy Space Center. The city traces its origins to two early settlements: Eau Gallie and Crane Creek. Eau Gallie, was founded by white ...

Brooksville

The county seat of Hernando County, Brooksville is among the oldest settlements in West Central Florida, tracing its roots to the arrival of William Hope in 1835. When Hope arrived to farm the land and raise cattle, Seminole Indians called ...

DeLand

The county seat of Volusia County, DeLand is located in an area first known as Persimmon Hollow, so named for the abundance of persimmon trees that surrounded natural springs. The name changed in 1876 when Industrialist Henry DeLand, a baking-soda ...

Flagler Beach

The sands of Flagler Beach stretch like a blanket for six miles between the Atlantic coast and historic State Road A1A-Florida's version of Route 66. The beach is named in honor of Henry Flagler, the oil tycoon who spent his ...