Shipyard south of 98 on St. Marks?

[Gulf Coast]

Thanks Wevens, it's cool looking at old pics !

[yardman32317]

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.

[lonesouth]

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!

[onefishtwofish]

Did Jumptrout open that place up?






Sorry, JT, I don't even know ya, but it sounds like you have a thick skin.

[JTR]

Awesome info and pics.!

It's amazing the history you can find in your own backyard.

[woopty]

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.
http://www.littletownmart.com/fdh/

[KLONG]

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.
Thanks for the memories, Keith.

[ropeman]

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

[Charlie P]

Fascinating read Ropeman, thanks for sharing.