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Larry Williams
In 2021, having electricity in our homes may be taken for granted. But did you know that the UF/IFAS Extension Office played a major role in getting electricity out to rural areas in Okaloosa County?
In 2001, John Hentz Jr. shared with me his involvement in getting electricity to rural areas in Okaloosa and Walton counties back in 1940. Hentz became the county agricultural agent in Okaloosa County in 1940. He described Okaloosa as an “agricultural county” with the only paved roads being Hwy. 90 through the center of the county, Hwy. 98 “skirting the coast,” Hwy. 20 through Niceville and Valparaiso, a paved road from Crestview to Laurel Hill and a paved road through Baker into Blackmon. All other roads were dirt.