A pictorial illustration of the history of the Fort Walton Beach, Florida area highlighted with current business biographies on many of the leading businesses and organizations in the area. The City of Fort Walton Beach, home to approximately 22,000 people, was first created and chartered as a municipality in 1937. Though Fort Walton Beach is a relatively young city, its history actually goes back thousands of years. Approximately 300 pictures that have not previously been published.