Download or read book Panama City written by J. D. Weeks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panama City began as three 640-acre homesteads in the late 1800s and was incorporated in 1909. The seat of Bay County, this thriving port city of nearly 156,000 is home to Tyndall Air Force Base and the Naval Coastal Systems Center. This volume contains more than 200 vintage postcard views of Panama City from its earliest years through the 1970s. Scenes of neighboring Panama City Beach include early beach institutions like the Hangout at Long Beach Resort, Jenkins Drive In, Mitties Tavern, and Little Birmingham. Those who remember the FoCsle Grille at the Verde Mer Cottages in Laguna Beach deserve a gold star.