Shipyard south of 98 on St. Marks?

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Thanks Wevens, it's cool looking at old pics ! :thumbup: :thumbup:
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This is a great history lesson.
Keep up the good work Wevens.
I really enjoy learning about the history of the Big Bend area.
So much went on around here that most have forgotten about.
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Good stuff Wevans. There are some good pics of Bellflower Marine in that same link, emailed them to one of my Bellflower buddies. I do enjoy a local history lesson!
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Did Jumptrout open that place up?






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Awesome info and pics.! :thumbup:

It's amazing the history you can find in your own backyard. :smt023
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Here's several papers by Frank Howard written about our area.
The first ship building, the first iron forge, and the first burial of foreign royalty happened along the St. Marks river.
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Dang Walden that brings back many memories for me, those are some good photos. I stayed on a house boat at that shipyard when I was 12 or 13 years old. My friend built the the houseboat in Leesburg, Ga. hauled it to Fort Gaines and launched it. My brother and I sailed down to Appalach on the madien voyge with him. He was a night watchman at the shipyard while he lived on the boat for a while there. I remember they had just built a large shrimp boat and I got to see them install the motor. Man that was the biggest motor I have ever seen, I wish someone had taken some pictures. Before the boat sailed they loaded it down with concrete blocks to take to Alaska. I think they were going to make a lot of money for taking the blocks to help pay for the boat. It was so heavy they had to wait for a full moon and extreme tide to make it out of the river. The buildings were still there then but I remember they were in bad shape. We used to buy fresh mullett from Mr. Outz that used to run his boat from his place by the 98 bridge. I think that may have been the last boat that was built at the shipyard, because it was torn down after that.
I do remember having to hold over in Wewa because of hurricane Camile that year. For you that remember that will tell you how long ago that was.
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Just digging up an old post here. I found this post while doing some research on the Wakulla Beach Hotel. I also found another site with several key dates in Wakulla's history.

https://www.fnai.org/ARROW/almanac/hist ... akulla.cfm
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Fascinating read Ropeman, thanks for sharing.
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