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cobalt1999
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Tue Oct-31-06 10:22 AM
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Originally it was called Camp Walton based on the fact that there was a Confederate camp in the current location to guard the bay and eastern access to Pensacola.
Now it is called Fort Walton, even though there never was a "fort" there. The city determined that there was a cannon a the campsite, so they "upgraded" the town from Camp Walton to Fort Walton.
So, don't come to Fort Walton Beach and go looking for the "fort".
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