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Real Estate in Carrabelle
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About Carrabelle
Located on the Isle of St. James, Carrabelle is surrounded by bays,
rivers, and sounds. Also, there is a barrier island to Carrabelle's
south named Dog Island. Dog Island, is only accessible by boat, ferry,
or airplane. The majority of Dog Island is owned by the Nature
Conservancy, but some portions are privately owned residential property.
There seems to be some dispute over how the city of Carrabelle was
named. The first Post Office listed the town as "Rio Carrabella,"
supposedly meaning "Beautiful River." However, others say it was named
after the two beautiful daughters of the town's founder: Carrie and
Belle.
After the Civil War, Carrabelle began to boom. In 1875, the first
lumber mill was shipping in and out to the North. In 1893, many lumber
and saw mills were situated on the Carrabelle River. The downtown area
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established
around one of these large mills
known as the Coombs Mill, near the mouth of the River.
A railroad station not only carried salted down mullet and other goods
north, but brought tourists down from Tallahassee and surrounding areas.
A disastrous hurricane destroyed the town square at the turn of the
20th century. Downtown Carrabelle was then relocated to it's present
location, with many of the towns buildings being built in the early
1900s.
Unfortunately, in the span between World War I and World War II,
Carrabelle was in an economic slump. No longer was lumber and
turpentine king. Fishing became the principle industry. With the onset
of World War II a training camp was built at Lanark Village, which gave
much needed work to Carrabelle residents.
After World War II, Carrabelle's main industry was shrimping. |
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