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'''Pensacola Beach''' is an unincorporated community located on [[Santa Rosa Island]], in [[Escambia County]]. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 2,738. | '''Pensacola Beach''' is an unincorporated community located on [[Santa Rosa Island]], in [[Escambia County]]. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 2,738. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
− | [[Diego Malanado]], a captain under [[Hernando de Soto]] | + | [[Diego Malanado]], a captain under [[Hernando de Soto]], visited the area during the early Spanish exploration of North America. He anchored in [[Pensacola Bay]] for the winter of [[1539]]–[[1540]].<ref name="srhistory">{{cite web |
| url=http://www.navarrebeach.org/History/History%20in%20Acrobat.PDF | | url=http://www.navarrebeach.org/History/History%20in%20Acrobat.PDF | ||
| title=Santa Rosa Island—A History (Part 1) | | title=Santa Rosa Island—A History (Part 1) | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
− | In [[1559]], | + | In [[1559]], don [[Tristan de Luna]] led the first settlement of the region. His eleven ships anchored in the bay and established its colony on the site of today's [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]. A [[hurricane]] destroyed the colony a few weeks later. This first settlement was finally abandoned in [[1561]]. A [[presidio]] was constructed on Santa Rosa Island in [[1722]] near the location of the more recent [[Fort Pickens]]. Hurricanes in [[1741]] and [[1752]]<ref name="srhistory" /> forced its relocation to the mainland. |
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− | A [[presidio]] was | ||
Pensacola Beach was accessible only by boat until [[June 13]], [[1931]], when a trio of projects by the [[Pensacola Bridge Corporation]] — the [[Thomas A. Johnson Bridge|Pensacola Bay Bridge]], the [[Santa Rosa Sound Bridge]] and [[the Casino]] — gave visitors both a reason and the means to visit the island community. Since then Pensacola Beach has become a major tourist destination. | Pensacola Beach was accessible only by boat until [[June 13]], [[1931]], when a trio of projects by the [[Pensacola Bridge Corporation]] — the [[Thomas A. Johnson Bridge|Pensacola Bay Bridge]], the [[Santa Rosa Sound Bridge]] and [[the Casino]] — gave visitors both a reason and the means to visit the island community. Since then Pensacola Beach has become a major tourist destination. | ||
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*[http://www.pensacolabeachhistory.com/ Pensacola Beach Preservation & Historical Society] | *[http://www.pensacolabeachhistory.com/ Pensacola Beach Preservation & Historical Society] | ||
− | [[Category:Escambia County]] [[Category:Pensacola Beach| ]] [[Category:Santa Rosa Island]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities]] | + | [[Category:Escambia County, Florida]] |
+ | [[Category:Pensacola Beach| ]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Santa Rosa Island]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Unincorporated communities]] |