There she is ... Miss Destin 1984: Mona Ponder won more than a tiara and...
It may have been 25 years ago, but she can still name the fish. Mona Ponder, mother of three and wife of former Destin Councilman Mel Ponder, was Miss Destin in 1984 when Destin was toying with the...
View ArticleDestin's History highlights from 1984
In 1984, Destin became a city, Destin Water Users ran into sewer problems, work began on Emerald Coast Parkway and the Destin Charter Boat Association considered relocating to Okaloosa Island. Since...
View Article'All we really added was layers of city government': Anti-city sentiment...
After opposing Destin’s incorporation 25 years ago, Dewey Destin then ran for the first City Council out of the same motives. “The folks that came to Destin back in the good old days came to get away...
View ArticleDestin, 25 years later: First council reviews city
Twenty-five years ago, Destin wasn’t on the map — literally. “There was Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, no Destin,” Bill Phillips, a member of Destin’s first City Council told The Log. After the city...
View ArticleEveryone wanted in on Destin’s first city council
Earlier this year, three candidates ran to fill the three open seats on Destin City Council. 20 years before, 37 candidates ran for seven open seats on Destin’s first-ever council. Whether they’d...
View ArticleThe days that Destin almost died
Twenty years ago, it seemed possible Destin might cease to exist. Less than two years after Destin’s 1984 incorporation, the Dissolution of Destin Incorporation Committee presented the city with a...
View ArticleNavy SEAL team wins mock battle for station
This story first appeared in the Northwest Florida Daily News on July 11, 1998 How accustomed have people become to military training in Northwest Florida? You can load four trucks full of men with...
View ArticleThe knight shift: A green guardian watched over Destin’s borders
The armored figure of a green knight that stood on the corner of Destin’s Main Street and U.S. 98 from 1967 to 1993 marked more than just the site of the Green Knight restaurant and lounge. “Everyone...
View ArticleFrom the mid-70s to today: A timeline of Destin history
Here are brief descriptions of many of the news events and other pieces of information published in The Log since its inception 30 years ago.1974•The first organized town meeting takes place in...
View ArticleWHERE WONDERS NEVER CEASE: Welcome to the Destin History Project
In conjunction with our 2008 and 2009 Progress Edition, The Log is opening its archives and launching the Destin History Project, a Web site with a mission to preserve the rich history of the World’s...
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