HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. — Recovery efforts continued Friday in Florida's Big Bend after Hurricane Idalia raced through the state earlier in the week.

Horseshoe Beach, about 50 miles away from where Idalia made landfall in Keaton Beach, was among the many hard-hit areas.

Almost every home in this community of 200 was impacted by Idalia. About half of them were destroyed.

A sign welcoming visitors to Horseshoe Beach says it’s “Florida’s last frontier.” Residents agreed that Hurricane Idalia was unlike anything they have seen.

People of all ages, evening children, were pitching in to clean up Friday.

Jewel Bagget was finding all the memories she could in the rubble of the home she grew up in.

“Those concrete steps, my grandfather built them," she said.

“We’re looking for memories. The rest can be replaced,” she added.

A friend stopped by with a picture that had blown down the street, which overwhelmed Bagget for a moment.

“This is a picture of my grandfather’s grave,” she said, tearing up.

Bagget said that it is important, though, to remember the things that are still here.

“The dirt is still here. The water is still here. The sunsets," she said. "This is paradise for me, and so many others."

Experts say there was 8-10 feet of storm surge in the area with 125 mile per hour winds.