Niceville in Okaloosa County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Boggy Mill Company Site

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, December 9, 2022

1. Boggy Mill Company Site Marker

Inscription. The Boggy Mill Company incorporated in August 1908. The mill consisted of 40 acres on the east side of Boggy Bayou. With access to the forest and waterways, it was in an ideal location. The company drew settlers for lumber industry jobs like logging, turpentine, and shingle-getting. It was rough, difficult, and dangerous work. In November 1908, the flywheel of the sawmill’s largest engine gave way. A piece of it struck engineer George Bostick, resulting in his death. The Pensacola News Journal reported in November 1908: “The Boggy Mill Company is now running its plant on full time, cutting about 21,000 board feet per day. The mill of the Consolidated Land and Lumber Company will be ready to start up within a short time. Boggy is becoming one of the best towns in this section. The name Boggy signifies that it is bogged up with business. There are about ten buildings in the course of construction and everyone is busy. New families are locating rapidly, and at the present time the town has four stores, two mills and two turpentine stills.” In 1912, J. P. Rawls bought the mill site at public auction, plus 6,000 additional acres.

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He later sold it to the Mutual Land and Lumber Co., owned by developer R. E. L. McCaskill.

A Florida Heritage Site

Erected 2021 by the City of Niceville and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1171.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical month for this entry is August 1908.

Location. 30° 30.636′ N, 86° 28.841′ W. Marker is in Niceville, Florida, in Okaloosa County. It is on Bayshore Drive just south of Byrne Lane, on the right when traveling south. Marker can be found in Lions Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 940 Bayshore Dr, Niceville FL 32588, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Florida Panhandle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, December 9, 2022

2. Boggy Mill Company Site Marker

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Niceville Fire (approx. 0.7 miles away); Old Maritime City (approx. ¾ mile away); Niceville Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Worker Statue™ (approx. 1.4 miles away); Old Niceville High School (approx. 1.4 miles away); Eglin Air Force Base (approx. 1.7 miles away); IM-99 BOMARC Launch Platform (approx. 5.6 miles away); RF4-Phantom II (approx. 5.6 miles away); M118 General Purpose Bomb (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Niceville.

Also see . . . Boggy Mill Company. (Submitted on December 10, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, December 9, 2022

3. Boggy Mill Company Site Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 902 times since then and 82 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 10, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.