The former Air Force Base on Santa Rosa Island

SANTA ROSA ISLAND—Santa Rosa Island, the second largest of the eight Channel Islands, housed an Air Force base in the 1950s and early ‘60s. According to NPS, as a consequence of the Cold War, in 1

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Rhonda Scott says:

September 5, 2023 at 10:31 pm

I used to sit on the banks of the Gulf at Navarre and watch rockets taking off on the eastern side of Santa Rosa Island. There was a bridge not too far from our home that was guarded and I, as a child, made friends with the guards who let me and my dog Mopper cross over to the pristine beaches. I remember those excursions with fondness and still have a large conch shell I found there.

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