FLASHBACK Okaloosa

Author: Okaloosa County PIO

Welcome to Flashback, a podcast by the Okaloosa County Public Information Office. Get ready to dust the nostalgia off your sleeve as we talk with Okaloosa citizens who share with us how things used to be. Im your host Nick Tomecek. Its time to step into your imaginary DeLorean tap your flux capacitor and Flashback!!!
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Genres: History

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SVEA: Extraordinary Beautiful Place
Episode 32
Tuesday, 14 April, 2026

Have you looked at maps of Okaloosa County from the 1900s? Some of the towns and cities like Crestview, Mary Esther, Destin are on there but what about the towns that we never see on current maps, like Fisher, Deerland, Otahite, Newell, Oak Grove, Pineway and even a town called Brick. Today's episode is about one town near Laurel Hill. It's spelled SVEA. We will get into the founding of this town and of course how to pronounce the name of this town.