Our history is a sense of place, bound by those elements that do not change: deep forests, rich earth, Our history is a sense of place, bound by those Gulf. 

This place...barrier islands, a vast bay, crooked ribboned quartz beaches spawned by an unceasing magical days and unending nights...Okaloosa, beckons.

Responding, came the noble hunters Indians before recorded time, wandering hunters... 

Weeden Island Euchees...each succession archiving a collective past, cultures, Temple Mound builders, Creek, Choctaws, tracking coastal waters and pristine shores.

Responding, came the fabled pirates, answering the mystical lure, the whispering winds... Captain Billy Bowlegs, in search of hidden coves and safe harbors, burying his treasure, hidden yet.

Responding, came the Scotch-Irish settlers, seeking the promises of freedom and abundance, founding churches, schools, and villages. 

Civil war interrupted. But still responding, came new generations, flourishing, nurtured by sun-drenched days, Spanish moss-cooled breezes, and ceaseless aqua seas.

Each people, following the past, shaped itself on the elements...forming the northern county seat around rich fertile lands and political realities. 

Offering the sweet, deep forests as a paradox to the soaring, silver jets, releasing the southern sand-strewn beaches to fishing villages and entranced visitors. 

These are the granules of our past. This is

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