PHOTOS: Laurel Hill, Florida in the early years

Louise Campbell sitting on well's edge in 1910 in Laurel Hill.

Laurel Hill High senior class of 1946 Laurel Hill.

J. L. Jacke feeds his chickens in Laurel Hill in 1950

Milton, Gladys Nichols, 1924-1999 - Born at Caney Creek in southern Walton Co. Became nationally known in the late 1970s when she led a legislative fight for recognition of midwives as legitimate medical practitioners. She safely delivered more than 2,000 babies and welcomed all races into her Milton Memorial Birthing Clinic in Laurel Hill, the first such institution in Florida's Panhandle. She persisted in her work despite attempts to ban midwifery and the burning of both her home and clinic. Women's Hall of Fame inductee 1994.

Edgar Clary in World War I uniform in 1919 in Laurel Hill.

Elementary school students in Laurel Hill in 1910.