Travelers from throughout the nation and the world - including the barnstorming aviators shown above at Clearwater airport - continued to flock to the area.

A “Platform for Clearwater,” published in 1936, perhaps expressed it best when it established the goal to “Keep Clearwater so attractive that all residents, permanent and temporary, can look upon the most luxurious departing train or automobile and be glad they are not on it.”

Thus, Clearwater was ready when the call came for her sons to enter the war. Part Nine: The Tides Of War

Part One: The Beginnings Part Two: The Healthiest Spot on Earth Part Three: Clearwater Roars into the 1900s Part Four: The Good Old Days Part Five: The Gala Decade Part Six: Boom Days!	Part Seven: Hard Times Part Eight: The Road Back Part Nine: The Tides Of War Part Ten: Clearwater Pitches in Part Eleven: Local Citizens Welcomed troops Bound for Combat
Supplement: Why Clearwater?

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Recommended Reading: Clearwater: a Pictorial History, by Michael L. Sanders; Yesterday’s Clearwater, by Hampton Dunn; a History of Pinellas County, By W.L. Straub; and Clearwater: a Sparkling City, by Roy Cadwell.

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