SVEA: Extraordinary Beautiful Place

Okaloosa County Public Information Office podcast · April 14, 2026

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Old maps and forgotten towns

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Host asks whether listeners have seen 1900s maps of Okaloosa County and lists familiar towns (Crestview, Mary Esther, Destin) and several lesser-known places (Fisher, Deerland, Oda Height, Newwool, Oak Grove, Pineway and Brick), introducing the theme of forgotten local communities.

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A Flashback podcast episode from the Okaloosa County Public Information Office explores the history of Sweare (spelled S V E A), a once-thriving North Okaloosa community near Laurel Hill. Baker Block Museum director Ann Spann recounts railroad-driven settlement, land sales by Eric Von Axelson, a 1901 Chicago land purchase plan and later decline; archival clippings and local recollections are cited.

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