#PERDIDO-GATE Part V: Did the Sitting President of the United States of America in 1926, Calvin Coolidge, Limit Public Beach Access?

Did the Nation's 30th President, Calvin Coolidge, have a hand in limiting the public's right to acces of Federally excessed public beach properties in Escambia County at Perdido Key?  Really??

Once we found out that 64 parcels of beachfront properties in Escambia County that were "excessed" by the Federal Government in 1957 all contained language expressly mandating ongoing public easement(s) for beaches for public access in perpetuity-------we all were natually optimistic that most, if not all, of the other parcels (all of which at some time or another came to private parties, local governments, state agencies, states, or the park services from the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT) would contain similar language memorializing and protecting the public's right to use this wonderful natural resource forever.

Sadly--we are now finding it is not the case.  Some parcels do not have this language.  Others had it and lost it.

And the parcels on Perdido Key--west of the State Park and East of the state line--apparently had a direct grant to initial non-government owners that not only did NOT speak to public access--but that were actually granted directly by the President of the United States (at that time) himself, personally!

Wow!

Obviously I am not happy to see this--but facts are facts and I cannot and will not refuse to accept the reality of this situation and the documents I am reading.  But it is both interesting and disappointing.

The sitting President of the United States personally granted a HUGE swath of Perdido Key, apparently, to a few members of one particular family.  

This family subsequently sold that property to one large developer--who in turn parceled out the properties in the 1958 timeframe without any language, whatsoever, mandating any public access at all to the beautiful  sandy beaches of Escambia County at Perdido Key.  Interesting, historic, borderline scandalous (given the prevaling language and disposition favoring public access at that time) and also disappointing....

All I can say is facts don't lie, and the documents are the documents.  But if Coolidge was around today this WOULD BE A SCANDAL OF EPIC PROPORTIONS!(because Coolidge was a Republican)........