Lanark Village, Florida
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The Lanark Inn
Lanark-on-the-Gulf was a resort with a large hotel, the Lanark Inn, patronized principally by people from Tallahassee. The hotel's brochure claimed that Lanark "is the most picturesque place in western Florida".[2]
It was destroyed in the second hurricane of 1899, but was rebuilt. The rebuilt Lanark Inn was destroyed by fire in 1907, reopening after rebuilding in 1908.[3] It had 100 rooms, and had live music almost every night at the dock, where there was a dancing pavilion.[4]
The dock was connected to the hotel by a boardwalk. The Carrabelle, Tallahassee & Georgia Railroad ran excursion trains from Tallahassee.
Camp Gordon Johnston
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The camp closed in June 1946.
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