I’ve lived here for 30+ years and remember when most of south Walton was pine forest. I used to work in Panama City at the Navy base and drove 60 miles to work every day.........
I was born in Walton County. My family has been here since the 1700s at least.
My Father worked at Tyndal after he got out of WWII. They had a massive lay off around 1954 and he later got back on at Eglin. We lived in Defuniak and he retired after probably around 40 years.