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The '''Fairpoint Peninsula''' is located in Northwest [[Florida]] between [[Santa Rosa Sound]] (the location of the [[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]]'s route through the region) and [[Pensacola Bay]]. <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Gulf_breeze_peninsula.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Aerial Image of [[Gulf Breeze]] section of the Fairpoint Peninsula]] -->
== History ==
In 1559, [[Tristan de Luna]] arrived in Pensacola Bay with 500 Spanish soldiers. The first settlement was abandoned due to diseases, disasters and hostile Indians, but other Europeans followed. In the late 1700's, the British occupied the peninsula and named it Town Point.
By the early 1930's, bridges between [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]] and [[Gulf Breeze]] and Gulf Breeze and [[Pensacola Beach]] were completed. The current route of [[U.S. Highway 98]] was also completed, operated as a toll road between 1939 and 1946. [http://www.us-highways.com/flus098.htm#US%2098tl] Gulf Breeze's namesake was established in 1936 when the Gulf Breeze Cottages and Store opened a post office branch where Live Oaks Plaza now stands.
The [[Naval Live Oaks Reservation]] was the home of America's first experimental tree farm, established by [[President of the United States|President]] [[John Quincy Adams]] in 1828. It was established to provide raw material to support shipbuilding for the [[United States Navy|Navy]] in the area. Today, Naval Live Oaks is part of the [[Gulf Islands National Seashore]], a unit of the [[National Park Service]].
== Other Information ==
Communities located on the Fairport Peninsula:
*[[Gulf Breeze, Florida]] - Population: 6,333
*[[Navarre, Florida]] - Population: 20,967
{{Florida-geo-stub}}
[[Category:Peninsulas of Florida]]
== History ==
In 1559, [[Tristan de Luna]] arrived in Pensacola Bay with 500 Spanish soldiers. The first settlement was abandoned due to diseases, disasters and hostile Indians, but other Europeans followed. In the late 1700's, the British occupied the peninsula and named it Town Point.
By the early 1930's, bridges between [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]] and [[Gulf Breeze]] and Gulf Breeze and [[Pensacola Beach]] were completed. The current route of [[U.S. Highway 98]] was also completed, operated as a toll road between 1939 and 1946. [http://www.us-highways.com/flus098.htm#US%2098tl] Gulf Breeze's namesake was established in 1936 when the Gulf Breeze Cottages and Store opened a post office branch where Live Oaks Plaza now stands.
The [[Naval Live Oaks Reservation]] was the home of America's first experimental tree farm, established by [[President of the United States|President]] [[John Quincy Adams]] in 1828. It was established to provide raw material to support shipbuilding for the [[United States Navy|Navy]] in the area. Today, Naval Live Oaks is part of the [[Gulf Islands National Seashore]], a unit of the [[National Park Service]].
== Other Information ==
Communities located on the Fairport Peninsula:
*[[Gulf Breeze, Florida]] - Population: 6,333
*[[Navarre, Florida]] - Population: 20,967
{{Florida-geo-stub}}
[[Category:Peninsulas of Florida]]
