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Spread of shell tempered pottery to and from the Pensacola culture area Mississippian culture pottery from the Fort Walton site. Both the Pensacola culture and the nearby Fort Walton culture were a mixture of the Late Woodland period Weeden Island culture that preceded them in the area and an influx of Mississippian culture peoples from further north.
Various military missile launch and test facilities exist on Santa Rosa Island south and southwest of Hurlburt Field. The island has been hit by many tropical cyclones; in 1995 it was the landfall point of hurricanes Erin and Opal. Hurricane Dennis hit the island in July 2005, and with 120 mph (190 km/h) winds, was the strongest storm to do so.
Pensacola (/ ˌ p ɛ n s ə ˈ k oʊ l ə / PEN-sə-KOH-lə) is a city in the Florida panhandle in the United States. It is the county seat and only city in Escambia County. The population was 54,312 at the 2020 census. [6] It is the principal city of the Pensacola metropolitan area, which had 509,905 residents in the 2020 census.
The best-known Pensacola Culture site in terms of archeology is the Bottle Creek site, a large site located on a low swampy island north of Mobile, Alabama. This site has at least 18 large earthwork mounds; five of which are arranged around a central plaza, in a pattern typical of many moundbuilding cultures.
Fort Pickens was the largest of a group of fortifications designed to defend Pensacola Harbor. It supplemented Fort Barrancas, Fort McRee, and the Navy Yard. Located at the western tip of Santa Rosa Island, just offshore from the mainland, Fort Pickens guarded the island and the entrance to the harbor.
The Mucky Duck — A British-style pub on the beach at Captiva Island. Jimmy B’s Beach Bar — An oceanfront bar on St. Pete Beach. Peg Leg Pete’s — A Pensacola Beach bar with pirate ...
Pensacola Beach remained largely undeveloped for many years. The Casino Resort was the first tourist destination constructed on the island (at the present day location of Casino Beach) where a variety of special events including beauty pageants, fishing tournaments, and boxing matches were held from the 1930s through 1950s. With a bar, tennis ...
The Pensacola Bay estuarine system, which also includes Escambia Bay, Blackwater Bay, East Bay, Santa Rosa Sound, and the Escambia, Blackwater, Yellow, and East Bay rivers, is 144 square miles, and it is the fourth largest estuarine system in Florida. [1] Pensacola Bay is formed and protected by Fairpoint Peninsula and the barrier island of ...