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Santa Rosa Beach
 Santa Rosa Beach is one of the oldest beach town along 30-A and extends
northward past U.S. Highway 98. The name was borrowed from the Santa Rosa Plantation,
which was a thriving plantation north of Hwy. 98 on Hogtown Bayou in the late
1800’s. Santa Rosa Beach was a large center for turpentine production.
The abundance of slash pine trees made it a perfect place for such an industry.
There was also plenty of room for the workers to live. Turpentine at that time
was used to caulk the seams of wooden ships and was therefore referred to as
a "naval stores industry." The industry died out in the 1940’s
due to shipbuilding shifting from wood to steel and damage from storms. There
was also less land with trees available for lease. Papermaking became a bigger
industry and the pine trees began being used for that purpose.
Google Street Map for Santa Rosa Beach  
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When you come upon the first high-end condominiums and upscale
