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A Deeper Look

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FEATURES

6 | A Living Sanctuary
Roy Ray’s fishing show, “Outdoors with Captain Roy,” airs weekday mornings at 5:30 a.m. on Panama City’s WPGX Fox 28. He also hosts a 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. fishing report on WLTG AM 1430 weekdays.

For more information concerning access points to East Bay, contact Cook Bayou Marina in the Sandy Creek area, 11722 Bay Vista Road, (850) 874-8300. On Sandy Creek itself, a public launch is seven miles east of Callaway on Highway 22. Turn right on Sandy Creek Road and continue about three miles. The floating dock on the left side of the road has parking.

For further information about public boat launches and marinas in the Panama City area, please contact the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau at (800) 722-3224.

16 | Fed by the River
Richard Bickel’s book, The Last Great Bay: Images of Apalachicola, is both a fine-art book and a revealing journey through one of America’s last great places. His gallery is in Apalachicola. For more information, see www.richardbickelphotography.com. For more on Bickel’s latest exhibit, see page 68.

24 | The Genius of Place
For more on Jaquelin Taylor Robertson, archINFORM (www.archinform.net), an international database, contains several references to Robertson’s work. To learn more about WaterColor and WindMark Beach, please see www.joe.com.

32 l Strange and Mysterious Waters
For those interested in learning more about Wakulla, please see the following: Watery Eden: A History of Wakulla Springs, by Tracy J.

Revels Confusion to the Enemy: A Biography of Edward Ball, by Raymond K. Mason and Virginia W. Harrison

Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park and Wakulla Springs Lodge
www.floridastateparks.org/wakullasprings
(850) 224-5950

40 | Floating the Backcountry
For those looking to paddle Coldwater Creek, Sweetwater and Juniper creeks, the Blackwater River, or Econfina Creek, reputable liveries are available:

Adventures Unlimited Outdoor Center
www.adventuresunlimited.com
(850) 623-6197

Econfina Creek Canoe Livery
www.canoeeconfinacreek.com
(850) 722-9032

48 | The Rise & Fall of St. Joseph
Like the town, much of the information about St. Joseph was lost when the town ceased to exist in the nineteenth century; however, the following publications offer some background material:

Florida’s Past: Volume 2, by Gene M. Burnett

A History of Florida, by Charlton Tebeau The Florida Historical Quarterly, 1927, Volumes 5 and 6

The [Chronological History of the] Lives of St. Joseph, by Louise M. Porter

Gulf County Fiftieth Anniversary History Program, St. Joseph Historical Society

“Autobiography of Raphael Moses,” courtesy of Lee Willis

The Rise and Fall of Old St. Joseph, a 1967 narrative by former resident Henry A. Drake

A good way to learn about Florida and St. Joseph’s history is to visit the Constitution Convention Museum State Park in Port St. Joe that commemorates the work of those who drafted the state’s first constitution:

Constitution Convention Museum State Park
www.floridastateparks.org
constitutionconvention
(850) 229-8029

COLUMNS

56 | Perspectives
Living Through the Honey
Fine Tupelo honey, found nowhere else in the world but Northwest Florida, can be purchased from L.L. Lanier & Son’s

Tupelo Honey:
www.lltupelohoney.com
(850) 639-2371

60 | Local Flavor
An Insider’s 30-A
A good place to start for those curious to learn more about County Road 30-A is www.30-a.com. Restaurants mentioned in the story include:

BaitHouse
(850) 534-5960

Basmati’s
(850) 267-3028

Criolla’s
(850) 267-1267

Seagrove Village Marketcafe
(850) 231-5736

Smiling Fish Café
(850) 622-3071

63 | Good Reads
Paddling the Sunshine State’s Waterways
A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to Florida by Johnny Molloy may be purchased from Menasha Ridge Press, publishers of high adventure sports, travel, and dining books, at www.menasharidge.com.

64 | Compass Points
On a Wing and a Prayer
The National Museum of Naval Aviation, one of the largest air and space museums in the world, is located in Pensacola.

National Museum of Naval Aviation
www.naval-air.org
(850) 452-3604 or (850) 452-3606