| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1840/00/00 | Mid century fishermen from the northeastern Canada fill their boats with ice cut from ponds, head south and resupply in Pensacola before fishing off shore for grouper and snapper. | Red Snapper | ||||
| 1868/00/00 | Eugene Edwin Saunders launches the freight schooner FANNIE FERN from Pensacola. Later, he and Captain T E Welles will form the E E Saunders and Co. Headquartered on Palafox wharf, it will become the region's largest dealer of red snapper. | |||||
| 1872/00/00 | A New Englander brings fishermen and well smacks (large schooners of 50 to 60 tons, carrying 8 to 12 men, can spend 17 to 32 days at sea, the well is a tank for fish) from the North and builds a fish house for shipping red snapper. | Red Snapper | ||||
| 1900/00/00 | 719 S Palafox Street is erected. | |||||
| 1925/00/00 | In the 1920s, the 2-masted schooner VIRGINIA is rebuilt in Florida and renamed the BUCCANEER as part of E E Saunders Co's snapper fishing fleet. Originally launched in 1910 at the Arthur D Story Shipyard in Essex, Maine, the vessel was broken up c 1977. | |||||
| 1935/00/00 | In the 1930s, E E Saunders and Co sells cat food made from snapper and grouper scrap in tin cans. Planned by Frank Welles Sr and his son Junior, the product was not popular with cats. The company Fish and Ice House (lost) was located on the Palafox Str. |
| Particulars for Palafox Wharf: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Area of Significance | Maritime |
| Sight Category | Structure |
| Historic Use | Water-related |
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