Cocoa, FL
April 1, 1951
Best of Wishes from Florida
The Dunbars
Mr. James Parker
Main St.
So. Groveland, Mass.
Parker’s Store
Cocoa, FL was first settled in the late 19th century and got its name in one of two apocryphal ways. The first theory is that a resident would offer hot cocoa to the passing sailors, which became so popular that they would shout "Cocoa! Cocoa!" The second theory is that another resident was inspired to name the town from a box of Baker's Coca she was using. You can't make this stuff up- check out the official city history.
I covered who James A. Parker may have been in an earlier post about the correspondence between father and son. The Dunbar surname is too common even for Brevard County to get a definitive identity on the senders. Even the research on James Parker turned up no mention of a Dunbar branch of the Parker family tree, or why the Dunbar's would send such an impersonal greeting from Florida as if it were a very belated Christmas Card.
Cocoa, FL was first settled in the late 19th century and got its name in one of two apocryphal ways. The first theory is that a resident would offer hot cocoa to the passing sailors, which became so popular that they would shout "Cocoa! Cocoa!" The second theory is that another resident was inspired to name the town from a box of Baker's Coca she was using. You can't make this stuff up- check out the official city history.
I covered who James A. Parker may have been in an earlier post about the correspondence between father and son. The Dunbar surname is too common even for Brevard County to get a definitive identity on the senders. Even the research on James Parker turned up no mention of a Dunbar branch of the Parker family tree, or why the Dunbar's would send such an impersonal greeting from Florida as if it were a very belated Christmas Card.
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