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blog, Lynn Haven, Old Panama City Beach

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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blog, Old Panama City Beach

How the Banana put Panama City Beach on the Map. Part 1

Posted on by Kenny Redd

Today the lowly banana is the commonest of fruits. However, it wasn’t always that way. A century ago, bananas were very rare and highly prized by those that could afford them. The Chiquita bananas on your kitchen counter today are part of a story with all the drama and suspense of a Hollywood movie. It […]

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