Laguna Beach History

 On September 5, 1935, the Phillips Inlet bridge on the Bay/Walton County line opened and later that month the 14,985 feet Apalachicola Bay Bridge also opened creating a Gulf route from Pensacola to Tallahassee. By the fall of 1936, over 200 cottages in the present-day Panama City Beach area were under construction with plans for them to be ready for the 1937 summer season. Birmingham's J.B. Lahan was one of these early developers and his subdivision became Laguna Beach.

 

 

from the October 29, 1936 WIREGRASS FARMER (Headland, AL) 

from the October 15, 1936 WIREGRASS FARMER [Headland, AL]

 from the April 14, 1935 PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL