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Captain of the ‘Tarpon’ Goes Down with His Ship Near PCB

Posted on by Jennie Redd-Taylor
The Tarpon
09
Jan

The twin screwed steamship the SS Tarpon was built in 1886, at Wilmington Delaware. She was originally christened the Naugatuck. She measured 130 feet overall with a beam of 26 feet and was powered by twin steam engines driving iron propellers. Naugatuck’s owners sold her to Henry Plant, whose shipping empire at Tampa, Florida, was […]

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How the Banana put Panama City Beach on the Map. Part 2

Posted on by Kenny Redd
05
Jan

Part of the difficulty keeping the railroad workers alive was the lack of nutritious food. As a food source, Minor Keith became interested in a fruit that he had seen for sale in New Orleans…the banana. He buys several hundred banana plants and has them planted along the railway. They become a welcomed source of […]

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