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Newspaper Panama City Pilot (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.; Panama City, Fla.) 1907-1941 Pilot

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About Panama City Pilot (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.; Panama City, Fla.) 1907-1941

The Panama City Pilot was inaugurated on May 30, 1907, under the editorship of George M. West. One of the founders of Panama City, West was born in New York and worked for the railroad in Wisconsin, where he was eventually admitted to the state bar. He later acquired a winter home on St. Johns Bay in Florida’s Panhandle. Under West’s direction, the Panama City Pilot sought to promote the economic development of this growing area. In 1908, the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad, which linked Atlanta to ports and tourist destinations along the white sand beaches of Florida’s Gulf Coast, passed through Panama City, connecting the town to both Tallahassee and Pensacola.

In 1909, the year Panama City became a municipality, West was married for a third time at the age of 63. His bride, Lillian Carlisle West, was 24 and would become the Pilot’s publisher, manager and editor in 1917 as her husband’s health declined. She continued to serve as managing editor from his death in 1926 through 1937, when she retired. Mrs. West also managed the St. Andrews Bay News, acquired in 1916, and the Lynn Haven Free Press, acquired in 1926.

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • Panama City Pilot (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.; Panama City, Fla.) 1907-1941

Other Title

  • Pilot

Dates of Publication

  • 1907-1941

Created / Published

  • Panama City, Washington County, Fla. : Pilot Publishing Company, 1907-1941.
  • Panama City, Fla. : Panama City Pub. Co.
  • Panama City, Fla. : L.C. West
  • Panama City, Fla. : Bay County Publishers, Inc.

Headings

  • -  Panama City (Bay County, Fla.)--Newspapers
  • -  Panama City (Fla.)--Newspapers
  • -  Washington County (Fla.)--Newspapers
  • -  Bay County (Fla.)--Newspapers
  • -  Florida--Bay County
  • -  Florida--Panama City
  • -  Florida--Washington County
  • -  United States--Florida--Bay County--Panama City
  • -  United States--Florida--Washington County--Panama City

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 30, 1907)-
  • -  Ceased with vol. 36, no. 37 (Dec. 26, 1941).
  • -  Editor: G.M. West, May 30, 1907-Nov. 4, 1926; L.C. West, Nov. 11, 1926-Mar. 18, 1937; Thorne Lane, -Nov. 8, 1940; William Pinney, Nov. 15, 1940-Dec. 26, 1941.
  • -  "Consolidated with Lynn Haven free press," -Dec. 26, 1941.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Vol. 36, no. 37 (Dec. 26, 1941).

Medium

  • 36 volumes : illustrations

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper
  • AN2.F6.P3 P55

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn88084205

OCLC Number

  • 18434937

ISSN Number

  • 1943-8842

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Chicago citation style:

Panama City Pilot Panama City, Washington County, Fla.; Panama City, Fla. -1941. (Panama City, FL), Jan. 1 1907. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn88084205/.

APA citation style:

(1907, January 1) Panama City Pilot Panama City, Washington County, Fla.; Panama City, Fla. -1941. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn88084205/.

MLA citation style:

Panama City Pilot Panama City, Washington County, Fla.; Panama City, Fla. -1941. (Panama City, FL) 1 Jan. 1907. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn88084205/.