A Wilderness Tamed:
The Story of Freeport, Grand Bahama
A Wilderness Tamed:
Part I - Grand Bahama Before Freeport
A Wilderness Tamed:
Part II - Wallace Groves and the Abaco Lumber Company
A Wilderness Tamed III – Freeport Begins 1955-1960
A Wilderness Tamed IV – Freeport The Developing Years 1960-1965
A Wilderness Tamed V – Freeport The Vintage Years 1965-1970
A Wilderness Tamed VI – Freeport Comes of Age 1970-1986
Combining his own love of his native land and the known fascination for things English among American tourists, Jack Hayward widened the visitor appeal in Freeport/Lucaya in the 1960s by adding a number of "British" iconic objects to the new community. This recognition of Grand Bahama as a British Colony proved quite attractive in the last days before Bahamian independence - and even afterwards.
During the 1966 visit to the island, Charles Hayward inspects son Jack's imported
cab-turned-private car (Ernie Skog, Bahamas Handbook, 1966-67, p. 355)
An English Phone booth
in Port Lucaya
Britannia Pub, Lucaya
An imported London double-decker Routemaster bus
Churchill Memorial in Downtown Freeport
