Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 47, DeMotte, Jasper County, 12 October 1939 — Nassau. Famous Vacation Spot. Vi as Pirate Stronghold [ARTICLE]

Nassau. Famous Vacation Spot. Vi as Pirate Stronghold

Armed invasion, pirate plunder and the West Indies setting in the struggle for domination in the New World, in which England, France and Spain were the principal actors, are found in the history of Nassau, capital of the Bahamas. Today Nassau is typical of the self-governing British colony. Here are found the clean streets, smart colonial police garbed in their summer khaki shorts, and the tennis courts where : the English love to mingle social tea with their sports. The Twentieth century has

brought a different kind of invasion to Nassau. Summer and winter vacationists, refreshed by the breezes blowing inland from the West Indies sea, have brought changes to this British colony. Golf clubs which have taken the places of useless forts, swimming pools which have been substituted for pirate hideouts, racing yachts which now rule Bahamian waters and Nassau’s coral beaches are the loot sought by Twentieth century invaders who desire leisure sports and escape from offices and headlines.