![Building a sand castle at the beach, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-d6f2250d-b96e-4b9f-ad5c-c7d6dcf2d215.jpeg?width=600&height=455&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Building a sand castle at the beach, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A young man and woman chat by a swimming pool in Fort Walton Beach. 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-999e8fa6-c0bc-4226-b46f-f7af573c4e57.jpeg?width=600&height=576&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A young man and woman chat by a swimming pool in Fort Walton Beach. 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Beach shots from the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-9ffb3983-ff4b-4398-bae4-1b2db4b21a3f.jpeg?width=600&height=482&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Beach shots from the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A couple holds hands on the beach at sunset, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-8ef07235-5a8f-456a-81a1-98981596ea5d.jpeg?width=600&height=415&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A couple holds hands on the beach at sunset, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A girl rides down a water flume at an Okaloosa Island park, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-cca06e46-092a-498e-9f9e-c37fdd5efd22.jpeg?width=600&height=402&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A girl rides down a water flume at an Okaloosa Island park, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Main Street in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-9214d5c3-cb48-4a25-b6ae-986e0b6150f6.jpeg?width=600&height=464&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Main Street in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Two girls play shuffleboard, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-2922bd67-4ea6-41c4-9a52-593a6427a95e.jpeg?width=600&height=609&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Two girls play shuffleboard, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A toddler stands in a playpen under an umbrella on Okaloosa Island, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-9453cc99-0a27-4ada-a98e-7cf526113447.jpeg?width=600&height=522&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A toddler stands in a playpen under an umbrella on Okaloosa Island, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Groups gather at the beach for the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1975. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-136b53a3-5c86-4477-b09e-b65d57f284f6.jpeg?width=600&height=584&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Groups gather at the beach for the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1975. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Okaloosa Island, between 1960-79. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-4be7fe87-c441-4149-b273-869e42b5eda9.jpeg?width=600&height=322&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Okaloosa Island, between 1960-79. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A family picnics at Wayside Park on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-b0a196bb-3723-41c9-9335-fba52c6d6500.jpeg?width=600&height=530&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A family picnics at Wayside Park on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A couple on the beach on Okaloosa Island, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c69c46ef-26a2-4dfd-b6e6-8a4d941cd01f.jpeg?width=600&height=417&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A couple on the beach on Okaloosa Island, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Couples running along the shoreline of Okaloosa Island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-06f25467-6039-44d7-bf8c-162fd9830d05.jpeg?width=600&height=398&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Couples running along the shoreline of Okaloosa Island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Swimming pool area of the Holiday Inn on Okaloosa Island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-01c370fd-ff35-4ff7-ab25-cccd17f7c5a3.jpeg?width=600&height=382&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Swimming pool area of the Holiday Inn on Okaloosa Island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A couple runs along the shoreline on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-875a2032-0123-4909-8bf7-d1e2f09a8390.jpeg?width=600&height=546&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A couple runs along the shoreline on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A young woman poses on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-2b5114e8-9237-4cfb-9225-c9ba8bbb98fb.jpeg?width=530&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A young woman poses on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-8d50dbc6-ae08-4180-9593-3214fc3196ea.jpeg?width=600&height=574&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Boardwalk to the beach as seen from The Breakers on Okaloosa Island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-7dcb3b89-47cd-453a-9d2b-a30fe20765d7.jpeg?width=600&height=389&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Boardwalk to the beach as seen from The Breakers on Okaloosa Island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A view of the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-79923edf-c326-433c-b2ae-2d15be569e86.jpeg?width=600&height=518&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A view of the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A bird's eye view of the beach on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-f2495253-966e-49da-82ad-e3933672130b.jpeg?width=600&height=439&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A bird’s eye view of the beach on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Indian Temple Mount on Main Street in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c61de55e-8f47-4c8e-8744-3c157cc8e02e.jpeg?width=600&height=392&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Indian Temple Mount on Main Street in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![An airbrush store in Fountain Square, Fort Walton Beach. 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-2170aec6-b771-4fb5-8cd2-38969fede0dc.jpeg?width=600&height=388&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An airbrush store in Fountain Square, Fort Walton Beach. 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![An airbrush store in Fountain Square, Fort Walton Beach. 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-59a62fd4-d122-4ee4-b707-529c8ba2639d.jpeg?width=600&height=388&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An airbrush store in Fountain Square, Fort Walton Beach. 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Shots from the Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c3546314-b3b0-4fc9-a31d-126f884705d9.jpeg?width=600&height=474&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Shots from the Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-1fa05057-38a0-421f-a4c1-37c3faa022f4.jpeg?width=600&height=574&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Shots from the Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-552b5e6e-586f-4b92-812d-4e67957558eb.jpeg?width=536&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Shots from the Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![The beach on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c0cb32cb-f1b9-40d9-9770-aa210e8299c5.jpeg?width=600&height=582&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The beach on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Shots from the Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-6273c925-d7ba-4883-951c-8c6f353dfe10.jpeg?width=536&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Shots from the Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Shots from the Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-43227813-0190-4289-ab45-2b54771a992a.jpeg?width=600&height=474&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Shots from the Bowlegs Festival, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Indian Temple Mount on Main Street in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-32072191-e955-4873-ba3d-707bf4357a7c.jpeg?width=600&height=392&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Indian Temple Mount on Main Street in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A bird's eye view of the beach on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c0e8485b-2a08-400e-8c4e-6f45fd05c028.jpeg?width=600&height=439&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A bird’s eye view of the beach on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![The beach on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-af0b5422-3fe5-4a1d-a84d-6e8be4528025.jpeg?width=600&height=582&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The beach on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A bird's eye view overlooking part of Fountain Square in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-4b7b24d7-6247-45cd-bb71-3024d3996d42.jpeg?width=600&height=397&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A bird’s eye view overlooking part of Fountain Square in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A couple dines at a Fort Walton Beach restaurant, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-43124f4b-7386-41a7-9562-c148cf4d9be9.jpeg?width=600&height=477&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A couple dines at a Fort Walton Beach restaurant, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Looking west down Main Street in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1979. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c02fd952-d519-4daf-95e8-c37d54ceaaec.jpeg?width=600&height=382&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Looking west down Main Street in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1979. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Women riding a float in the Billy Bowlegs parade, 1975. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-e211869a-06d6-4ea3-801e-24f9167c47d5.jpeg?width=600&height=596&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Women riding a float in the Billy Bowlegs parade, 1975. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A closeup of Fountain Square in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-7f10c4d3-7aa5-4936-916a-09f990baaf0b.jpeg?width=600&height=395&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A closeup of Fountain Square in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A couple walks on the beach on Okaloosa Island, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-0c9f2a83-1a6b-42e1-ba6c-be463ab99f73.jpeg?width=600&height=579&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A couple walks on the beach on Okaloosa Island, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Historic Gulfview Hotel in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-2e3ff057-16b7-4666-8376-85e58a7429bf.jpeg?width=600&height=392&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Historic Gulfview Hotel in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Historic Gulfview Hotel in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-b20ee249-b912-4839-a808-e10a0959dab5.jpeg?width=600&height=390&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Historic Gulfview Hotel in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![The Gulfarium on Okaloosa Island, 1979. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-beea01ff-d5fa-4784-84ae-9e4dad7ac0bb.jpeg?width=600&height=382&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The Gulfarium on Okaloosa Island, 1979. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Looking west down Santa Rosa Sound in Fort Walton Beach, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-39877d9f-3707-4ff6-90c3-96b8839131a0.jpeg?width=600&height=394&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Looking west down Santa Rosa Sound in Fort Walton Beach, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Another view of Santa Rosa Sound, Fort Walton Beach. Not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-9716edb6-90cf-4bf9-89c9-24309c3f08bb.jpeg?width=600&height=388&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Another view of Santa Rosa Sound, Fort Walton Beach. Not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Looking west down Santa Rosa Sound in Fort Walton Beach, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-2ce1ec62-faba-411f-a556-2a6d2db184cb.jpeg?width=600&height=394&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Looking west down Santa Rosa Sound in Fort Walton Beach, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Visitors hit the waterboggan at an Okaloosa Island water park, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-ac652a9c-35f6-43ac-9bb1-777fb8ea1612.jpeg?width=600&height=411&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Visitors hit the waterboggan at an Okaloosa Island water park, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A boy prepares to take a ride down a water flume on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-4f6fd5a7-fb9b-4b22-ab8e-1e3bb401f7ef.jpeg?width=600&height=388&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A boy prepares to take a ride down a water flume on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A view of Santa Rosa Sound looking west as seen from Brooks Bridge, Fort Walton Beach, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-df0cf921-8a7c-442a-9694-564cceaf8901.jpeg?width=600&height=396&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A view of Santa Rosa Sound looking west as seen from Brooks Bridge, Fort Walton Beach, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A water flume rider at a park on Okaloosa Island, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-93a7b63a-d3ec-4548-9f61-d3a1715424da.jpeg?width=600&height=408&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A water flume rider at a park on Okaloosa Island, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Tourists in the Indian Temple Mound Museum gift shop, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-9d95140c-b66c-46ed-9547-9b11ce5bd1c1.jpeg?width=600&height=484&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Tourists in the Indian Temple Mound Museum gift shop, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A young man chats up a young lady at a Fort Walton Beach swimming pool, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-29292117-926c-4bd4-a3a2-f33b88e875f7.jpeg?width=600&height=488&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A young man chats up a young lady at a Fort Walton Beach swimming pool, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A woman lies on a diving board at a Fort Walton Beach swimming pool, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-095daf94-c6bd-442b-a4c5-57e0e6f9a3a3.jpeg?width=600&height=579&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A woman lies on a diving board at a Fort Walton Beach swimming pool, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Street vendors and kids at the Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-449bdbce-04da-4359-a302-128c95e7c9b7.jpeg?width=600&height=603&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Street vendors and kids at the Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A closeup of a catamaran on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-ff3fd78a-2c43-4110-88a7-8311f07c6935.jpeg?width=433&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A closeup of a catamaran on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Beachgoers on Okaloosa Island, 1975. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-6d2b576e-d775-42c4-b4a2-653f4fbfa8d5.jpeg?width=600&height=586&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Beachgoers on Okaloosa Island, 1975. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Beachgoers gather around a Hobie cat on Okaloosa Island, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-00dde55c-995f-4911-b92e-1b16ead66f47.jpeg?width=600&height=588&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Beachgoers gather around a Hobie cat on Okaloosa Island, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![The Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-863aa9c5-670b-4577-8828-e2e0a5ecdfcc.jpeg?width=600&height=523&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Teens play in a pool at a local hotel, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-ea24346c-0a49-4c28-a2f4-57667ef2ff30.jpeg?width=600&height=480&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Teens play in a pool at a local hotel, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A beachside gazebo, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-4704bdce-4ebf-41e9-8563-59683607bb1c.jpeg?width=600&height=390&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A beachside gazebo, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Visitors pose on a cannon at the Indian Mound in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-4e27afad-2e62-4b95-9d2c-93025b11fe8a.jpeg?width=600&height=477&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Visitors pose on a cannon at the Indian Mound in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A view of The Breakers on Okaloosa Island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c33bb87a-23c2-4dc4-8a85-53bba619ffa9.jpeg?width=600&height=403&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A view of The Breakers on Okaloosa Island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Camp Walton Schoolhouse on First Street in Fort Walton Beach, not before 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-823bf71a-1206-4254-b3b4-c84f0dc307a9.jpeg?width=600&height=404&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Camp Walton Schoolhouse on First Street in Fort Walton Beach, not before 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![The flume at the WaterBoggan on Okaloosa Island, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-6ea2e930-ad45-4a30-825d-6081a78654e8.jpeg?width=600&height=404&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The flume at the WaterBoggan on Okaloosa Island, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A view of Okaloosa Island from Santa Rosa Sound in Fort Walton Beach, 1979. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-e9263352-cd8f-473f-8955-6a9663f03b68.jpeg?width=600&height=400&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A view of Okaloosa Island from Santa Rosa Sound in Fort Walton Beach, 1979. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Soundside view of the Gulfview Hotel in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-1cb3f694-3c70-42b5-b62e-0af2340e4bec.jpeg?width=600&height=389&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Soundside view of the Gulfview Hotel in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Another view of the Camp Walton Schoolhouse, not before 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-4e6e529f-be84-4181-a068-6b0bfea1807c.jpeg?width=600&height=385&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Another view of the Camp Walton Schoolhouse, not before 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![An aerial view of the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-fc2c0d58-7b60-4b48-91e1-1165ee9c66f3.jpeg?width=600&height=386&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An aerial view of the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![An aerial view of the flume at WaterBoggan on Okaloosa Island, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-4e1b2d90-4c29-4d61-9e02-61081d696223.jpeg?width=600&height=407&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An aerial view of the flume at WaterBoggan on Okaloosa Island, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Camp Walton Schoolhouse at Christmas, not before 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-3e98d92c-1c4d-46cb-a547-b7e056823316.jpeg?width=600&height=394&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Camp Walton Schoolhouse at Christmas, not before 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A closeup of Fountain Square in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-2d7999c6-a15c-46a5-9d35-918836d55303.jpeg?width=600&height=397&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A closeup of Fountain Square in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Looking east from the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-6942a588-ec7d-4998-a8a6-2af285090be9.jpeg?width=600&height=389&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Looking east from the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Visitors at the Indian Temple Mound gift shop, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-e5378abb-a895-4272-810b-83744b774de2.jpeg?width=600&height=461&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Visitors at the Indian Temple Mound gift shop, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Preparing for a scuba dive, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-6a09991b-170c-4afc-a313-db9ddcacce00.jpeg?width=600&height=596&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Preparing for a scuba dive, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A dolphin puts on a show at the Gulfarium, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-43a2e053-ad98-444e-86fe-27d61ccf1844.jpeg?width=600&height=599&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A dolphin puts on a show at the Gulfarium, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Tourists enjoy a seal show at the Gulfarium, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-7bdda54e-d3ce-4809-8ac7-938199aab9e6.jpeg?width=600&height=593&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Tourists enjoy a seal show at the Gulfarium, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![The same two girls check out an Indian Temple Mound exhibit, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-432bd999-8622-4092-b9b1-bdc9938c8437.jpeg?width=600&height=478&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The same two girls check out an Indian Temple Mound exhibit, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Two girls check out an exhibit at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-0166c000-f58e-4f41-b13a-5ee95cb82a84.jpeg?width=600&height=434&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Two girls check out an exhibit at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Tourists enjoy a seal show at the Gulfarium, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-62c3c872-4864-4928-b3a7-a8abe42ab610.jpeg?width=600&height=594&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Tourists enjoy a seal show at the Gulfarium, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Visitors check out displays at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-55c1fabb-766d-435d-a3c5-838fdb5c25ed.jpeg?width=600&height=444&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Visitors check out displays at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A girl views a funerary urn at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-1e6d232e-1df9-4f6c-83b7-fd6dae8d6840.jpeg?width=600&height=459&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A girl views a funerary urn at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Visitors to the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-0b749b74-7b9e-4bb5-94d9-0c89dee3beab.jpeg?width=600&height=478&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Visitors to the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![The entrance to the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-0a24e40e-684a-4d54-a0d4-b38637cac3fc.jpeg?width=600&height=482&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The entrance to the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
Antiquities on display at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1976.
Northwest Florida Daily News
![At the entrance to the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-8bc6d1d8-428b-4209-914b-73c5e3313533.jpeg?width=526&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
At the entrance to the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Indian Temple Mound Musuem, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c287505a-6a1a-45d3-92b0-1f12ae8b2551.jpeg?width=600&height=607&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Indian Temple Mound Musuem, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Visitors to the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-e647f112-c79c-4652-b3c2-08c2ba22d125.jpeg?width=600&height=601&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Visitors to the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A display at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-884b008b-d928-4fd2-9e28-7150c56497b6.jpeg?width=600&height=619&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A display at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Visitors at the weaving exhibit at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-290328b8-ef74-47c4-810f-3f56ee77fb20.jpeg?width=600&height=589&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Visitors at the weaving exhibit at the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Street vendors at the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-5e73c73f-33ea-4056-a383-cc9354a63b1b.jpeg?width=600&height=591&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Street vendors at the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Street vendors at the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-a442109a-b72a-4ecd-a905-7164aa132762.jpeg?width=600&height=606&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Street vendors at the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Street vendors at the Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-9e9f7aaf-1174-42e4-b3d8-8a0e52641db3.jpeg?width=600&height=585&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Street vendors at the Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Spray flies from an explosion in the water at the Billy Bowlegs Festival in Fort Walton Beach, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-51a6340e-4ae3-435f-8c8d-c94f2bbd35d8.jpeg?width=600&height=593&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Spray flies from an explosion in the water at the Billy Bowlegs Festival in Fort Walton Beach, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Women fish on the Okaloosa Island pier, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-5401e2f4-b82c-47aa-91c2-8e98b24aae3c.jpeg?width=536&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Women fish on the Okaloosa Island pier, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Fountain Square, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-afc99f2b-29e7-49e1-8f56-089fe8012cf1.jpeg?width=436&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Fountain Square, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A boathouse and cottages near the historic Gulfview Hotel in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-fe499000-4784-4d93-8de7-b711fa4a3988.jpeg?width=600&height=399&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A boathouse and cottages near the historic Gulfview Hotel in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![An aerial view of the Ramada Inn, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-e011a25d-2321-48ec-b7f2-fcacc64bd5f7.jpeg?width=600&height=518&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An aerial view of the Ramada Inn, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Picnicking at Liza Jackson Park, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-842f887b-4d5e-49ea-99da-7f368fce60ea.jpeg?width=600&height=595&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Picnicking at Liza Jackson Park, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Picnicking at Liza Jackson Park, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-5b63762b-02c1-4e39-8d6c-f4a183700e3e.jpeg?width=600&height=588&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Picnicking at Liza Jackson Park, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A view of the pier on Okaloosa Island and seen from the duneline, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-382d09f0-9ff6-4194-aa36-a46bdcbb3584.jpeg?width=600&height=539&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A view of the pier on Okaloosa Island and seen from the duneline, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![An aerial view of the island pier, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-eb34bf84-8b31-4c4d-9438-cef2aaa84ab5.jpeg?width=600&height=379&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An aerial view of the island pier, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A family sits at one of the tables at Wayside Park, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-22a793fd-2a0c-41cf-85d7-fcc170a8e901.jpeg?width=600&height=483&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A family sits at one of the tables at Wayside Park, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Catamarans on the island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-1fb077d4-cc21-456f-af7d-ec0602db37e6.jpeg?width=600&height=394&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Catamarans on the island, not before 1969. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Building a sand castle on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-93fc432b-a9a2-4808-ac94-f5bcdc022774.jpeg?width=600&height=480&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Building a sand castle on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![A family pets seals at the Gulfarium, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-f925744d-d736-4904-a0c9-71a7429d96aa.jpeg?width=600&height=590&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A family pets seals at the Gulfarium, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![The interior of the Camp Walton Schoolhouse, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-697254d5-e411-40b1-a5f3-072ec4e25aab.jpeg?width=600&height=395&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The interior of the Camp Walton Schoolhouse, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Cottages near the historic Gulfview Hotel in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c196181b-f172-4dd9-862d-29c956a9cf09.jpeg?width=600&height=392&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Cottages near the historic Gulfview Hotel in Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Portrait of Irish harp player Joan Morgan in Fort Walton Beach, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-120562ff-e094-43e3-875e-de97092dd68b.jpeg?width=522&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Portrait of Irish harp player Joan Morgan in Fort Walton Beach, 1976. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Kids play in the sand on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-c6d4da36-48b1-46cf-8cb0-c706546efce0.jpeg?width=600&height=467&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Kids play in the sand on Okaloosa Island, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Pirates and townspeople clash in this Billy Bowlegs Festival invasion re-enactment, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-2147d1eb-0ed6-4213-90b2-1f9cd43df7f7.jpeg?width=600&height=593&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Pirates and townspeople clash in this Billy Bowlegs Festival invasion re-enactment, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Fishermen crowd the end of the pier, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-cf421d3c-8cf9-4f52-83bd-8e8d266e4a9f.jpeg?width=600&height=473&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Fishermen crowd the end of the pier, 1974. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Fountain Square in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-ed158d7f-d316-4889-ac48-a59484a57727.jpeg?width=600&height=392&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Fountain Square in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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A man and a boy fish off the pier on Okaloosa Island, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![John C. Beasley State Park, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-605c2a88-2f2e-4fbc-85b6-84b287cb633b.jpeg?width=600&height=484&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
John C. Beasley State Park, 1970s. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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“Star Wars” characters C-3PO and R2D2 turn out for the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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Costumed participants in the Billy Bowlegs Festival, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Boating in Fort Walton Beach, 1975. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-5f3d1f16-6c32-4f0e-bb7e-c8aa290ceb74.jpeg?width=600&height=592&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Boating in Fort Walton Beach, 1975. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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The interior of the Indian Temple Mound Museum, 1972. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Sea oats on Okaloosa Island, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-53e69fd3-2c22-4f3c-bfa7-64051c38da23.jpeg?width=600&height=592&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Sea oats on Okaloosa Island, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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A girl slides down the water flume on Okaloosa Island, 1977. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
![Window shopping in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]](https://www.nwfdailynews.com/gcdn/authoring/2020/05/09/NNWF/ghows_image-DA-8bcbf372-2eea-425a-876f-df9a1f1d0a0c.jpeg?width=600&height=579&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Window shopping in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 1978. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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Sand skiing on Okaloosa Island, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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Sand skiing on Okaloosa Island, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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Sand skiing on Okaloosa Island, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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Sand skiing on Okaloosa Island, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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Sand skiing on Okaloosa Island, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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Sand skiing on Okaloosa Island, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News
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Sand skiing on Okaloosa Island, 1970. [ FLORIDA MEMORY / PUBLIC DOMAIN ]
Northwest Florida Daily News