Lanark Village, Florida

Lanark-on-the-Gulf was a resort with a large hotel, the Lanark Inn, patronized principally by people from Tallahassee. The hotel's brochure claimed that Lanark "is the most picturesque place in western Florida".{{cite news It was destroyed in the second hurricane of 1899, but was rebuilt. The rebuilt Lanark Inn was destroyed by fire in 1907, reopening after rebuilding in 1908.{{cite news The dock was connected to the hotel by a boardwalk. The Carrabelle, Tallahassee & Georgia Railroad ran excursion trains from Tallahassee. ==Camp Gordon Johnston==

The Lanark Inn was torn down at the beginning of the United States' involvement in World War II, and was replaced in 1942 by Camp Gordon Johnston. This Army base trained amphibious soldiers and their support teams. A quarter of a million men were trained there. The trained soldiers were used in the D-Day attack. The camp closed in June 1946. ==See also==