Naval Air Station Jacksonville From 1907 to Present - CNIC.Navy.mil ...

Sept. 9, 1929 - An inventory of Camp Foster shows 93 structures and roads valued at $835,318.
Oct .14, 1929 - Duval County starts construction of road across reservation to Orange Park.
Feb. 22, 1934 - Motorcycle race held at Black Point Rifle Range. (Race would later become
today's Daytona 200 Motorcycle Race.)
July 11, 1934 - Governor’s Ball, social highlight of the Guard’s two-week summer camp at Camp
Foster, held in Officers' Club. Florida Governor Dave Sholtz attends. Also, Florida’s first Peace
Officers School convened at Camp Foster with 144 lawmen.
May 1938 - Congress created a board to determine suitable sites for naval shore facilities.
Headed by RADM A. J. Hepburn, it was called the Hepburn Board.
Sept. 12, 1938 - Hepburn Board visits NAS Jacksonville site.
Oct. 7, 1938 - Three seaplanes begin landing and takeoff tests from St. Johns River.
Nov. 8, 1938 - Second visit to NAS Jacksonville site by Hepburn Board.
Jan. 19, 1939 - HR 2880 introduced, which included authorization for NAS Jacksonville.
Feb. 12, 1939 - House Naval Affairs Committee visits Jacksonville and recommends another
Hepburn Board study.
March 2, 1939 - Third visit to NAS Jacksonville site by the Hepburn Board.
March 22, 1939 - NAS Jacksonville site recommended by Hepburn Board.
April 26, 1939 - President Roosevelt signed a bill providing for $66,800,000 for a naval air station
program, of which $15,000,000 was earmarked for NAS Jacksonville.
May 5, 1939 - Bill introduced in Florida Legislature setting up Duval County Air Base Authority.
May 13, 1939 - The Duval County Air Base Authority was organized for the purpose of acquiring
lands for NAS Jacksonville.
July 7, 1939 - CDR Cotter, Public Works Officer, arrives to confer with Jacksonville leaders.
July 18, 1939 - The citizens of Duval County voted in favor of a bond issue for $1,100,000 to
provide funds for the acquisition and donation of approximately 3,260 acres of land for NAS
Jacksonville.
Sept. 2, 1939 - War Department transfers title of their 682.33 acres of land at Black Point to Navy