CRESTVIEW — Great Aunt Fanny and her trusty Model A, the family gathered on Grandma’s porch, Maw-maw as a child playing with the pig, and that memorable 1948 Blackwater River church outing when Pastor Breitenkopf fell out of his canoe.
Similar memories lurk in family photo albums and attic shoeboxes.
Next Thursday, we’d like you to pull them out and bring the best ones — and the stories behind them — to the Crestview Public Library.
The News Bulletin, in partnership with the Northwest Florida Daily News and the Destin Log, will share Okaloosa County's history and heritage in time for the 2015 county centennial.
Our group is publishing “Okaloosa County Memories,” a hardcover coffee table book full of vintage photos.
Since the county was born in its northern reaches, especially when the railroad came through in the late 1800s, we want to be sure our north end is well represented.
Your family photos and stories will be instrumental in sharing Okaloosa's story.
ONLINE
• Click here>> www.OkaloosaCo.PictorialBook.com for a photo submissions form and to pre-order "Okaloosa County Memories" for $29.95
• Follow the Okaloosa Centennial Book on Facebook
HOW TO HELP
The News Bulletin, in partnership with the Northwest Florida Daily News and the Destin Log, seeks photographs of commerce, transportation, school, sports, rural life and public service within these guidelines:
• Photos taken between 1915 and today in Okaloosa County
•Preferably originals (no newspaper clippings or photocopies)
•One submission form per photo
•10 photos maximum per family
Bring these photos between 3 and 6 p.m. July 10 to the Crestview Public Library, 1445 Commerce Drive
Email News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes, follow him on Twitter or call 850-682-6524.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Long-time locals invited to scan photos for history book