A Bit of Local History: The Black Diamond

A bit of a History lesson for you folks, as it was told to me from Mrs. Cindy Jo:

If you're driving on Highway 19 from Chiefland to Fanning Springs, you will see a little, unassuming, abandoned building on the left-hand side a few miles South of Fanning. This used to be the Black Diamond Restaurant. In my early teenage years, it had reopened under the same name.

Originally, it was called the Black Diamond Restaurant. During WWII, the Cross City Airport was used as a training facility for Pilots. On weekends, all of the eligible girls from the Tri-County area would congregate to the Black Diamond restaurant. Why, you ask? They all went there with the hopes of finding themselves a Pilot, of course! And the Black Diamond was the local hub.