Fall of the Magic Mountain

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Time, as J.R.R. Tolkein told us, devours all things — even beats high mountains down.Time finally caught up with the Magic Mountain on Front Beach Road this month. Originally constructed in the 1950s, it grew famous as Jungle Land on The Miracle Strip in the 1960s.But the mountain that hurricanes couldn’t knock down was destroyed finally by cranes March 18, leaving only memories of daily shark feedings, baby alligator petting, and […]