SANTA ROSA COUNTY FLORIDA POSTCARD TRAVELER ALL US COUNTIES STOP 21

ALL US COUNTIES POSTCARD TRAVELER'S STOP 21 SANTA ROSA  COUNTY FLORIDA

 

We find ourselves over in the Panhandle part of Florida.

 

 

****County Seat: Milton

****Created in 1842

****Named for the Roman Catholic saint Rosa De Viterbo

 

 

Until 2007 this Floridian county had a prohibition on alcohol.

 

 

Check out the Choctawhatchee National Forest here (very interesting):

 

http://boggyflorida.com/Niceville/Forest.html

 

 

Milton the county seat was incorporated in 1844. Home to Naval Air Station  Whiting Field WWII.

 

Milton the canoe capital of Florida.

 

In the early 1800s lumbering very important.

 

On March 31, 1962 F3 tornado hit Milton.

 

Don't miss  the West Florida Railroad Museum while here: http://www.wfrm.org/

 

Narvarre Beach is another "don't miss" place to see: http://www.floridasplayground.com/navarre-beach/

 

This area has  bedroom communities for Pensacola.

 

Central Santa Rosa developed along the Old Spanish Trail that ran from St. Augustine to New Orleans and points west.

 

Northern Santa Rosa County farming and forest country. Natural gas and oil found here in the 70s and 80s not as active now as then.

 

youneedmorestuff has this postcard on Ebay:

http://stores.ebay.com/YOUNEEDMORESTUFF

 

This is the Fort Walton Beach Florida Gulf View Hotel and Cottages.

STOP 70 FLORIDA POSTCARDS Broward County

AND HERE WE ARE AT:
STOP 70
ON THIS BLOG'S TRIP TO ALL 3007 U.S. COUNTIES VIA POSTCARDS.

BROWARD COUNTY

PLACID TOWER LAKE PLACID HIGHLANDS COUNTY FLORIDA

CHECK OUT THE VIEW! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Postcard-20-Florida-Highlands-County-Placid-Tower-Lake-Placid-/291442921149?

 

Stop #22 FLORIDA Postcards Polk County

POLK COUNTY 

FLORIDA

STOP #22 OF THIS BLOG'S POSTCARD TRIP TO ALL 3007 US COUNTIES.

THIS COUNTY WAS FOUNDED IN 1861.

ITS POPULATION IN 2016 WAS 666,149

ITS AREA; 2011 SQUARE MILES.

COUNTY SEAT: BARTOW

POINTS OF INTEREST:

LEGOLAND (CYPRESS GARDENS ), BOK TOWER GARDENS, SPOOK HILL, FANTASY OF FLIGHT, AND DOWNTOWN WINTER HAVEN HISTORIC DISTRICT.

Stop #22

All US 3007 Counties postcard trip

Polk County

Florida

Cypress Gardens 1986

CYPRESS GARDENS

COLORFUL GOWNS AND GIRLS AND TREES

Human Kite Cypress Gardens Water Skier Sailing

through space. Giant Kite

STOP #23 FLORIDA Postcards Pinellas County

AND HERE WE ARE FOLKS  AT STOP 23 IN

FLORIDA IN

PINELLAS COUNTY 

 IN

CLEARWATER

AT THE KAPOK TREE INN

KAPOK TREE INN

EAST GARDEN

3 GRACES STATUE

CLEARWATER

PINELLAS COUNTY

FLORIDA

Sunken Gardens Aviary
Pinellas County St Petersburg Florida


The county seat of Pinellas County is Clearwater.

Also Sunken Gardens
The Nativity... King of Kings Biblical Wax Museum
Leone Chaney
Stop #23

The largest Pinellas County city is St. Petersburg.

Stop #23

Sweden House Smorgasbord

St. Petersburg, Pinellas County Florida

Population of Pinellas County in 2010 was 916542.

Stop 23

Pinellas County

Tarpon Springs

Sponge Diver

HERE'S THE DOLPHIN

IN ST PETERSBURG BEACH

THE KAPOK TREE IN

NORTH HAINES ROAD

CLEARWATER

CLEARWATER AND ITS COLORFUL GULF BEACHES

PC 152

POSTCARD TRAVELERS ALL US COUNTIES FLORIDA MAP STOPS

HERE'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN:

STOP 20A FLORIDA CALHOUN COUNTY

ON THE ELECTRONIC ROAD AGAIN...POSTCARD TRAVELERS! BUCKLE UP...

HEADING TO CALHOUN COUNTY FLORIDA... STOP #20 OF OUR TRIP TO VISIT ELECTRONICALLY ALL U.S. COUNTIES.

*** Founded January 26, 1838
*** County Seat- Blountstown
*** Named for John C. Calhoun
   ...member of U.S. Senate from South Carolina
   ...the 7th U.S. vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.

Residents here are said in Wikipedia to remain attached to "Southern culture and lifestyle habits."

In 1930 a "federal" agent shot the County Sheriff.

The Apalachicola River is on the east side of the county.
The county is bisected by the Chipola River.

NO interstate or U.S. highways in this county. Only state roads.

Sightseeing travelers should check out Cayson Mound and Village Site...and the Old Calhoun County Courthouse while here.

The county seat Blountstown was named for John Blount...
   ...a Creek Indian Chief who served as a guide for General Andrew Jackson during his 1818 invasion of Spanish Florida. This invasion caused the United States to buy Florida from Spain. The territory became a part of the U.S. in 1821. 

*** NOTABLE RESIDENTS
   ...Patricia Dane- Hollywood actress in the 40's and early 50's,
   ...Fuller Warren- 30th governor of Florida.
   ...Social burn- band.
   ...Corn Griffin- heavy weight boxer was born here.

foundation*antiques has this interesting postcard on Ebay. Check it out here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/c-1950-RPPC-Gas-Stations-Stores-Main-St-Blountstown-FL-/351342676122?pt=Postcards_US&hash=item51cda7c89a

POSTCARD PARK LANE MOTEL OCALA FLORIDA MARION COUNTY

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Postcard-17-OCALA-FLORIDA-PARK-LANE-MOTEL-MARION-COUNTY-/251930002786?

WIEN: DIE MICHAELERKIRCHE in Vienna

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/291479505449?

WILSON PEAK NEAR ALTA TELLURIDE COLORADO

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Postcard-10AB-Wilson-Peak-behind-Ghost-Town-Alta-near-Telluride-Col-/251849108657?ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123

MT RAINIER AND TIPSOO LAKE

 

http://downsize2010.blogspot.com/2015/06/angel-cherub-pin.html

1949 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE AUTOMOBILE

I saw a red one like this that I had in the late 60s or early 70s....at Taco Bell yesterday. But mine was one of the first "automatic" VWs!. The one I saw yesterday looked like the most recent year model! AhHHHH! Perfect for Floriday's weather yesterday! Sunny day...blue sky...no clouds...windows down...!

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Postcard-5C-1949-Volkswagen-Beetle-Automobile-/251876709128? 

TOBACCO READY TO HARVEST AND THE LEGEND OF THE PASSION FLOWER

 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Postcard-Lot-4-2-Postcards-Tobacco-Passion-Flower-/251912927063?

Thomas Nast and Edward Hopper

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Postcard-Lot-3-of-2-Postcards-Nast-and-Hopper-/291383036513?