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 . . . — — Map (db m212251) HM
This statue is dedicated to honor the enrollees of CCC Camp Bigby, established May 19, 1933. Company 1402 Forest-3 served from 1933-1939. Company 1413 Army-1 served from 1940-1942. A temporary camp was set up on the grounds of the old Niceville High . . . — — Map (db m192249) HM
Niceville Fire of 1934, as reported in local newspapers: “The 200 CCC men formed bucket brigades and in cooperation with the fire crews of the Choctawhatchee National Forest did yeomen service in saving buildings and stocks of merchandise after . . . — — Map (db m212249) HM
Niceville was the center of the commercial fishing industry of the Choctawhatchee Bay region, the basis of the community’s prosperity. Mail service here was established in 1868. The schooner Bera Attious was built at the shipyard here in 1888. . . . — — Map (db m212245) HM
In May 1924, George Nathey conveyed seven acres to the Okaloosa County
Board of Public Instruction for a school site. Completed in 1925, the school
faced Niceville Avenue, but fire destroyed the building in 1926.
It was
rebuilt and ready for . . . — — Map (db m308879) HM
