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Maria Island City Jail -
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Archive Airings AA240 - Unusual Signs
City Jail
“We built the jail in 1927”, Mitch Davis told a group of Islanders.
It was July 1964 and he was 80 years old.
Elected in 1923, he had served 54 months as the first mayor of Anna Maria City and he was a resident of the city from 1908 until his death in 1970.
The jail he refers to had thick walls made of tabby (blocks made of shell mixed with mud).
There were toilets, a washbasin and septic tank, which the city got free from Fort Dade on Egmont Key.
The front room was used as a city office.
“The need for a jail arose because there was a tavern and dance hall where the Sandbar [restaurant] stands now. Those who frequented the hall would get drunk and cause such disturbance with fights and more serious offenses. We were compelled to have some place to put them to cool off.
Most of the offenses were just plain drunkenness, disturbing the peace, and threatening life and limb as the liquor robbed them of their senses. There were no really serious crimes. I do remember, on one occasion, a Federal revenue agency brought us some rum runners they caught and asked us to hold them in the jail, which we did.
The jail proved to be the best preventative of trouble. After we put a dozen or more offenders behind bars, most of the violations stopped. Spending a night in the open air being bitten by thousands of mosquitoes, they made sure they did not land in jail again. To be sure nobody could tunnel their way out of the jail, I put three feet of concrete underneath the floor.”
During the Depression years, when drinkers and speeders ran out of “gas”, there was no longer a need for the jail. In the 1940s, the jail went up in smoke during a strong windstorm and no fire equipment was available. Harry Varley, founder of the Islander in the 1950s, had an idea of using the burnt-out building as a tourist attraction. He convinced the city commission to let it stand and publicized it in his paper.
Reproductions of the jail have appeared in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not columns and many newspapers and magazines. Hundreds of postcards featuring the jail have been mailed across the country. The landmark is still a favorite spot for photographers.
The Early Days - C. Norwood "
all info above taken from the AMIHS website below
www.AMIHS.org
Florida USA
© All Rights Reserved
Archive Airings AA240 - Unusual Signs
City Jail
“We built the jail in 1927”, Mitch Davis told a group of Islanders.
It was July 1964 and he was 80 years old.
Elected in 1923, he had served 54 months as the first mayor of Anna Maria City and he was a resident of the city from 1908 until his death in 1970.
The jail he refers to had thick walls made of tabby (blocks made of shell mixed with mud).
There were toilets, a washbasin and septic tank, which the city got free from Fort Dade on Egmont Key.
The front room was used as a city office.
“The need for a jail arose because there was a tavern and dance hall where the Sandbar [restaurant] stands now. Those who frequented the hall would get drunk and cause such disturbance with fights and more serious offenses. We were compelled to have some place to put them to cool off.
Most of the offenses were just plain drunkenness, disturbing the peace, and threatening life and limb as the liquor robbed them of their senses. There were no really serious crimes. I do remember, on one occasion, a Federal revenue agency brought us some rum runners they caught and asked us to hold them in the jail, which we did.
The jail proved to be the best preventative of trouble. After we put a dozen or more offenders behind bars, most of the violations stopped. Spending a night in the open air being bitten by thousands of mosquitoes, they made sure they did not land in jail again. To be sure nobody could tunnel their way out of the jail, I put three feet of concrete underneath the floor.”
During the Depression years, when drinkers and speeders ran out of “gas”, there was no longer a need for the jail. In the 1940s, the jail went up in smoke during a strong windstorm and no fire equipment was available. Harry Varley, founder of the Islander in the 1950s, had an idea of using the burnt-out building as a tourist attraction. He convinced the city commission to let it stand and publicized it in his paper.
Reproductions of the jail have appeared in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not columns and many newspapers and magazines. Hundreds of postcards featuring the jail have been mailed across the country. The landmark is still a favorite spot for photographers.
The Early Days - C. Norwood "
all info above taken from the AMIHS website below
www.AMIHS.org
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Peggy C club has replied to Pam J clubPeggy C club has replied to Diane Putnam clubPeggy C club has replied to Andy Rodker clubDoubt it also -- tis a Beach Thing -- Anna Maria Island is not that long nor wide, but manages to have 3 towns on it! Beach people have similarities to Mountain folk in North Carolina - quite unique !
A fun place with beautiful beaches on the Gulf of Mexico ... and .. they DO NOT let chain/fast food places come in to get established!
A definite plus -- people ---- are you ready -- talk to each other .. on the beach .. wherever one is renting a room or cottage ... at the grocery store (which you have to drive inland to reach).
There are 2 drawbridges connecting Anna Maria Island to the mainland ... I would always try to time my crossing when the drawbridges were going up .. on the half - hour usually letting tall masted sailboats, etc under them.
Love the sound of crossing the metal on the drawbridge !
There are many beaches along the Gulf of Mexico, but this family-oriented one is my favorite.
Peggy
Andy Rodker club has replied to Peggy C clubBut a thought... If it's THAT small, why not ban cars altogether (and WALK to the shop!) ...
or have I mentioned the unmentionable!!
:o))))))))
Peggy C club has replied to Andy Rodker clubThere is a Trolley (really a bus that looks like a trolley) one can ride .. don't believe there is any charge - at least not the last time we were there in 2013.
Width of the Island = 2 mi (1.5 km )
Length = 7 mi ( 11 km )
There are many walkers / cyclists on the Island .. and if you exceed the speed limit by 2mph. prepare to get pulled over !
Guess the only times I walked the Island from one end to the other was when I was Beach-bumming collecting shells. It was a wonderful walk meeting people also digging through the mounds of shells and swapping info on best places for shelling. Probably still have sand in my shoes.
Definitely have LOTS of shells from the Gulf and the Atlantic ... once in awhile they make their way into the garden.
Peggy
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