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In a collection of fascinating and somewhat lighthearted vignettes, Jeannie Weller Cooper recounts the history of "Panama City Beach," the name that immediately conjures visions of bright yellow sun, gleaming white sand, and clear turquoise waters capped with surf. Panama City Beach is the barrier island beach for the bustling Panama City, and natives identify with both towns in the manner of Miami and Miami Beach. First inhabited by Native Americans in the years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500 and 1600s, the area has always proved a good hideout for fugitives, from Native Americans fleeing from the white men, to runaway slaves, Civil War soldiers, outlaws, and rumrunners. In 1929 the first Hathaway Bridge was completed, connecting greater Panama City to the Beach. Like the state of Florida, the lagoon and the beach remained a sleepy curiosity, until the bombing of Pearl Harbor mobilized the United States to war. The population boomed after the war, and now PCB and downtown PC is home to thousands of residents, as well as being a renowned as a tourist destination.
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Panama City Beach: Tales from the World's Most Beautiful Beaches, Jeannie Weller Cooper
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- 2011
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