Danford Avenue in 1883
From the June 17, 1943 PANAMA CITY NEWS HERALD:
Judge Hutchison's parents, and Mrs. Perry N. Hutchison, West Bay, who came to St. Andrew 60 years ago, were among the most interested visitors. "I came to St. Andrew from DeFuniak Springs 60 years ago," Mr. Hutchison recalled. "We first lived in a tent where this house now stands until we could get a home. There were so many deer I guess I've killed more a than thousand, nine in one night. Many a wild turkey and deer have I killed where Wainwright Shipyard now stands. I used to ship the meat to Pensacola to the butchers who paid me 10 cents a pound."
Mr. Hutchison also operated fishery, and was director of a band he organized.
"Many people came here as result of a boom promoted by Cincinnati company"his sou, the Judge, explained. "They circulated pamphlets all over the country declaring that bananas and oranges grew wild and that this was a land of plenty. Sold lots, 25 by 125 feet, used to say from, the bell buoy of the Gulf to Bear Creek, 20 miles up," the Judge smiled, "There was no Panama City then, just a settlement of two three houses where Panama City now stands. It was called Harrison then and before that Park Resort, and before that Florapolis."
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