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Palm Beach, Florida One Place Study
Name
Palm Beach, Florida
Geography
- Continent:North America
- Country: United States
- State/Province: Florida
- County: Palm Beach
- GPS Coordinates: 26.715, -80.039444
- Elevation: 7 feet (2m)
Palm Beach is located on a barrier island in Palm Beach County Florida,.
Geology
The island is sand over coquina rock.
Population
(1930) = 1,707
(2020) = 9,245
Overview
Starting in the 10th century, native American Indians called 'Jaega' were inhabitants here. White settlers did not arrive until 1872 and who named it Palm City.
Palm City was later known as the Lake Worth Country (named for Major General William Jenkins Worth).
After learning of a another city of the same name, Palm City, the pioneers changed the name of their new settlement to Palm Beach.
While industrialist Henry M. Flagler didn't discover Palm Beach, he found the weather even warmer than St. Augustine and went on to develop a lot of properties in Palm Beach turning an island of coconut trees and swamps into a winter resort for the rich and famous.
Forbes reported in 2017 that Palm Beach had at least 30 billionaires, with the town ranking as the 27th-wealthiest place in the United States.
U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Donald J.Trump established residences here.
Today, Palm Beach is the 'Beverly Hills' of Florida, with its high-end shopping stores and restaurants.
Historical Highlights Timeline
977 - The Native American Indians called 'Jaega' were the first known inhabitants.
1872 - The first white pioneer settlers arrived. Two of them were William Lanehart, and Hiram F. Hammon.
1873 - Hiram F. Hammon made the first homestead claim along Lake Worth.
1877 - The Tustenegee Post Office was established.
1878 - Carrying a shipment of cocoanuts, the Spanish brigantine, the 'Providencia', heading to Cadiz, Spain ran aground on what was then known as the Lake Worth Country. A couple of locals salvaged most of them, sold some, and planted the remainder, which of course set the stage for Palm beach later in history.
1880 - The town's first mayor, Elisha Newton "Cap" Dimick established Palm Beach's first hotel, the 'Cocoanut Grove House'.
1886 - The 'Little Red Schoolhouse' opened in Palm Beach, the first in Southeast Florida.
1893 - The 'Cocoanut Grove House' was destroyed by fire.
1893 - Henry M. Flagler developed a separate city to house hotel workers, which later became West Palm Beach.
1894 - Henry M. Flagler extended the Florida East Coast Railway southward.
1894 - Henry M. Flagler opened the Royal Poinciana Hotel.
1896 - Henry M. Flagler opened the Wayside Inn, which became the Palm Beach Inn, then the Breakers Hotel.
1897 - The Palm Beach Daily News began publication originally under the name Daily Lake Worth News.
1902 - Henry M. Flagler constructed his family home, 'Whitehall' which was designed by the New York-based firm Carrère and Hastings. This was a wedding gift for his third wife.
1904 - The Lake Worth Pioneer’s Association (LWPA) was founded.
1903 - The Breakers Hotel was destroyed by fire, and rebuilt.
1908 - The first telephone service was put online with 18 customers.
1910-1912 - Prior to the 1910s, many African Americans in the area of Palm Beach lived in a segregated section of Palm Beach called the 'Styx'. Between 1910 and 1912, the residents were displaced from the Styx with most of them being relocated to the northern West Palm Beach neighborhoods of Freshwater, Northwest, and Pleasant City.
1911 - The town of Palm Beach was incorporated.
1911 - The Royal Park Bridge is completed across the coastal waterway connecting Palm Beach and West Palm Beach.
1925 - The Breakers Hotel was destroyed by fire for the second time and was rebuilt.
1925 - The new Palm Beach Town Hall is completed.
1925 - Designed by architect Addison Minzer, 'La Querida' was built in 1925 for department-store heir Rodman Wanamaker in the Mediterranean-style.
1926 - The Palm Beach Biltmore hotel is built.
1928 - Category 4 hurricane 'Okeechobee' made landfall in Palm Beach and caused $10 million dollars in damage.
1933 - Joseph Kennedy (father of future U.S. President John F. Kennedy) purchased 'La Querida' as a private residence.
1935 - The Royal Poinciana Hotel was demolished after suffering heavy damage in the 1928 hurricane.
1936 - The 'Society of the Four Arts' was established.
1938 - The Henry Flagler Memorial Bridge is completed to link Palm Beach with West Palm Beach.
1942-1945 - WW II occurred.
1942 - The Civilian Defense Council ordered blackouts beginning on April 11, 1942.
1942 - During World War II, the Navy converted the Biltmore Hotel into a U.S. Naval Hospital. The hotel also become a training school for SPARS (acronym for "Semper Paratus—Always Ready), the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve.
1950 - The Southern Boulevard Bridge opened for traffic.
1960 - U.S President John F. Kennedy is elected and uses the family home 'La Querida' as his 'Winter White House'.
1963 - President Kennedy spends the last weekend of his life at at the Kennedy compound 'La Querida' before his assassination the following week.
1970 - The Palm Beach Biltmore is converted from hotel to condominiums.
1973 - Marjorie Merriweather Post (Post Cereal heiress) leaves her estate 'Mar-a-Lago) to the United States Government as a presidential retreat.
1979 - The Landmarks Preservation Commission was established, which identifies and works to protect historic structures.
1981 - Mar-a-Lago returned to the Post family.
1984 - David Kennedy died of a drug overdose at the Brazilian Court Hotel.
1985 - Donald Trump buys Mar-A-Lago.
1983 - Yvelyne "Deedy" Marix became the first woman elected mayor of Palm Beach.
1991 -The 'Perfect Storm' slams Palm Beach and destroyed the sea wall along Worth Avenue.
1991 - Resident William Kennedy Smith is accused of rape at the Kennedy compound 'La Querida'.
2006 - Local resident and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is arrested and indicted.
2019 - Category 5 hurricane Dorian struck with 185 mph winds.
Landmarks
Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church c.1890
Location: 1A1 and Via Bethesda
A fine example of the Gothic Revival style.
Biltmore Hotel (now a Condominium) c.1926
Location: 150 Bradley Place, Palm Beach
During World War II, the Navy converted the Biltmore Hotel into a U.S. Naval Hospital. The hotel also become a training school for SPARS (acronym for "Semper Paratus—Always Ready), the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve.
The hotel was converted to condominiums in the 1970's.
The Brazilian Court Hotel c.1926
Location: 301 Australian Avenue, Palm Beach
Built for two New York investors, Joseph D'Esterre and Stanley Paschal, and was designed by Italian Rosario Candela in the Mediterranean style.
The 4th child of Senator Robert and wife Ethel Kennedy, David Kennedy died of a drug overdose in Room 107 of the hotel on April 25, 1984.
Everglades Club c.1918
Location: 356 Worth Ave, Palm Beach
Designed by famous Palm Beach architect Addison Mizner and built by Paris Singer as the Touchstone Convalescent Club for recovering World War I soldiers is now a private club for the super rich.
The Henry Flagler Memorial Bridge c.1895 / 1902 / 1938 / 2017
Location: North County Road (Palm beach) connecting to North Flagler Drive (West Palm Beach)
In 1895 Henry Flagler built a railway bridge across the lake so people could connect from the mainland to his Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach. He moved the railway bridge further North in 1902.
The newer bridge was replaced in 1938 with an automobile bridge which was 2,299 feet long over the Lake Worth lagoon. At the time the Flagler Memorial Bridge was the the largest bascule bridge in Florida.
The 1938 version was completely replaced in 2017.
In 2007, Flagler Memorial Bridge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
La Querida c.1925, the Winter White House of President John F. Kennedy
Location: 1095 North Ocean Drive in Palm Beach
Designed by architect Addison Minzer, it was built in 1925 for department-store heir Rodman Wanamaker.
Bought by John's father Joseph Kennedy as a private residence in 1933 for $110,000 dollars, it became the Winter White House of his son President John F. Kennedy in the early 1960's.
The home features 15,347 square feet of living space, 11 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, and 3 half-baths. It has 200 feet of beachfront beyond its sea wall, a tennis court and a swimming pool.
John F. Kennedy is said to have written his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Profiles in Courage,” at the house while recovering from back surgery in 1956.
It was here that the president spent his last weekend prior to being assassinated in Dallas the following week in 1963.
The Kennedy's sold the property in 1995 for $4.9 million to John. K. Castle, chairman and chief executive officer of Castle Harlan, a medical publishing company.
The third owner was New York billionaire Jane Goldman who bought it in 2015.
In 2020, it sold to an unknown buyer for $70 million dollars.
Mar-a-Lago (Spanish: Sea to Lake) c.1927, the Winter White House of President Doanld J. Trump
Location: 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach
Designed by architect Joseph Urban, it was built for cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post (Post Cereals). She left it to the U.S. Government in 1973 upon her death. It was returned to the Post family in 1981.
Businessman and developer Donald Trump bought it in 1985 for $10 million dollars and converted it into a country club named 'The Mar-a-Lago Club'. He would later use it as a 'Winter White House' during his presidency between 2017-2021, and permanent residence after that.
In 1969, The Department of the Interior designated the estate as “The Mar-a-Lago National Historic Site.”
Palm Beach Town Hall c.1925
Location: 360 South County Road, Palm Beach
Designed by Gustav Maass, an architect working for the Harvey and Clarke architectural firm in the Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, and Mission Revival styles, it was built by Newlon and Stephens for $160,200.
It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Paramount Theater c.1926; now the Paramount Church
Location: 145 North County Road and Sunrise Avenue, Palm Beach
Designed by architect Joseph Urban.
Added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Royal Park Bridge c.1911 / 1924 / 1959 / 1998 / 2005
Location: A1A (Palm Beach) connecting to South Flagler Drive (West Palm Beach)
The first wooden Royal Park Bridge to be completed across the coastal waterway connecting Palm Beach and West Palm Beach in 1911 by pioneer Elisha Newton "Cap" Dimick. The transit fare was 5 cents for pedestrians and 25 cents for automobiles.
The county purchased the bridge in 1919 for $40,000 dollars which collapsed in 1921 and was replaced by a concrete bascule bridge in 1924. It was replaced again in 1959 which was condemmed in 1998 and a new one completed in 2005.
William Gray Warden House c.1922
Location: 112 Seminole Avenue, Palm Beach
Designed by renowned architect Addison Mizner in the Mediterranean Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival styles, it was designed for for William Gray Warden, fellow executive with Henry Flagler at Standard Oil Company.
Thirty five year old Robert Eigelberger from St. Louis bought it for $675,000 dollars and spent over 1 million dollars, and 18 months restoring it to its former glory.
It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Whitehall aka Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, c.1902
Location: Brelsford Point, 1 Whitehall Way, off Cocoanut Way, Palm Beach
Designed by Pottier & Stymus Interior) , Carrère and Hastings (Exterior) in the architectural style of 'Beaux Arts'.
Built for Henry Flagler, Whitehall was designed by the New York-based firm Carrère and Hastings, the 75-room, 100,000-square-foot mansion was a wedding present for Flaglers third wife, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler.
When Mr. and Mrs. Flagler had passed, the home went to neice Louise Clisby Wise Lewis. Ms. Lewis sold Whitehall to a group of investors who added on and converted the entire structure into a hotel. which operated from 1925-1959.
In 1959, Henry Flagler's granddaughter, Jean Flagler Matthews formed a nonprofit corporation, the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum and purchased the property. The following year, Whitehall was opened to the public with a grand "Restoration Ball".
It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
This site is a definite destination for visitors to Palm Beach.
Worth Avenue Clock Tower c.2010
Location: 423 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach; At Worth Ave
Black History
'La Florida (now Florida) started to receive many slaves from the Northern states whom eventually worked their way further South as far as Miami.
Like a lot of industrialists of the time, Florida hero, Henry M. Flagler was no exception when it came to employing low cost labor of the African Americans.
As he and other industrialists built their tourist empires, they exploited African American convict labor from the state of Florida. They toiled to extend his Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) from West Palm Beach to Miami and down the Keys.
In 1894 when Henry Flagler started building the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach, he established 'The Styx' housing project in Palm Beach where many African Americans lived in a segregated section away from the building site.
Between 1910 and 1912, the residents were evicted from the Styx with most being relocated to the Northern West Palm Beach neighborhoods of Freshwater, Northwest, and Pleasant City.
The Great Depression
The depression years of 1929-1932 had minimal affect on Palm Beach, unlike other parts of Florida and the country. The rich still came during the Winter to spend time in their homes and to enjoy the warm climate by the sea, while the rest of the country endured the bitter cold weather.
In 1933, 'The new Deal' by new U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt put people back to work to help build back the economy of the country.
Roosevelt created the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) which created about 40,000 jobs for young men while the WPA (Works Progress Administration, also called Work Projects Administration) helped create another 40,000 jobs for the unemployed, both of which helped the country build back its infrastructure.
World War II
With the war in full progress, the German Navy sank 24 vessels off the Florida coast. Blackouts were ordered and defensive positions were constructed all along the Florida seaboard.
Morrison Field (now Palm Beach International Airport) was named for the first woman solo aviator from Palm Beach County, Grace Morrison who died in a 1936 car crash months before the field's dedication.
After the war broke out, the U.S. Army Air Corps (a precursor to the U.S. Air Force) converted it for military purposes and established the Air Transport Command for the thousands of soldiers and pilots who would be stationed there including about 250 women as part of the Women’s Army Corps.
The Breakers Hotel
The Breakers Palm Beach Hotel was converted into the 500-bed Ream Army General Hospital from 1942 to 1944. Its intended purpose was to treat the wounded from the allied invasion of North Africa, with a specialization in plastic surgery.
Oceanfront barracks were built and other areas of the hotel were converted into functional rooms for surgery along with a recreation area for the troops.
The Biltmore Hotel
In June 1943, the former Palm Beach Biltmore Hotel began use as the first dedicated school for the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve for the more than 7,000 women who went through the training.
The Biltmore was transformed once again in mid-1945, when it became a U.S. Naval Special Hospital until the end of the war.
The Lake Worth Inlet Coast Guard Station on Peanut Island
This was a base for civil coastal patrols and rescue missions during WWII.
It later became the site of an underground fallout shelter that was built for President John F. Kennedy, who had a family home in Palm Beach known as the “Winter White House.” The shelter was secretly constructed by the Navy during the lead up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Memorials and Statues
Elisha Newton 'Cap' Dimick Statue c.1921
Location: 401-435 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach
Designer: Burt W. Johnson (1890 – 1927)
Dimick was a city pioneer and also the first mayor of Palm Beach.
Addison Mizner Memorial Fountain Plaza
Location: A1A at Australian Ave, Town Center, Palm Beach
Designer: Addison Mizner, the 1929 double-bowl cast stone fountain.
Mizner was an architect who designed in the Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style and created many of the historical structures in Palm Beach.
Notable People
Sim Daniel Abraham (b.1924) Businessman
Born: Long Beach, New York
Died: N/A
Resting Place: N/A
Current Residence: Palm Beach, Florida
Parents: Dr. Samuel Abraham and Stella K. Abraham
Spouse: Estanne Weiner
Bio Summary: Abraham founded Thompson Medical, which introduced the Slim-Fast line of diet products in the late 1970s.
He is a founding member of the New Synagogue of Palm Beach.
Edmund Munger Brelsford (1853-1937) Early Pioneer
Born: Belibrook, Ohio, U.S.A.
Died: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
Parents: father Unknown, Mother Minna Brelsford
Spouse: Laura Elizabeth Bell Brelsford (1862-1927)
Bio Summary: Early pioneer and first postmaster of Palm Beach, as well as the first Commodore of the Palm Beach Yacht Club.
He and his brother opened a store at Brelsford Point which was later sold to Henry Flagler who demolished the store and built his winter home 'Whitehall'.
Elisha Newton "Cap" Dimick (1849-1919) Pioneer, First City Mayor
Born: Michigan
Died: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
Parents: Unknown
Spouse: Unknown
Bio Summary: He got his nickname 'Cap' for the white hats he liked to wear.
In 1880, Dimick added eight rooms to his home and opened the island's first hotel, the Cocoanut Grove House. By 1899, Cap owned 136 acres of Palm Beach, then just a patch of jungle and swamp from lake to ocean.
He was a state representative in 1890 and state senator in 1896, and helped start the region's first bank, the Dade County State Bank.
Horace Elgin Dodge Sr. (1868 –1920) Automiobile co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.
Born: Niles, Michigan
Died: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
Parents: Unknown
Spouse: Anna Thompson
Bio Summary: Horace was a gifted mechanic who invented the first dirt-proof ball bearing; in 1897. in 1902, they won a contract to build transmissions for the Olds Motor Vehicle Company.
The Dodge Brothers, in 1914 began building motor trucks, ambulances and other vehicles for the United States military during the arms buildup for World War I. At war's end, their company manufactured and marketed both cars and trucks.
He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1981.
He and spouse had a winter home in Palm Beach.
Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913) Businessman, Entrepreneur
Born: Hopewell, New York
Died: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine, FLorida
Spouse Number 1: Mary Harkness - Married 1853
Spouse number 2: Alice Ida Shourds - Married 1881
Spouse number 3: Mary Lily Kenan - Married 1901
Bio Summary: A wealthy man who was co-founding partner of Standard Oil Company, he had developed St. Augustine to the North, and then traveled South to find Palm Beach more to his liking.
He went on to develop hotels, bridges, roads, and expanded his railroad later to include Miami later and as well as Key west.
Malcolm Glazer (1928-2014) Businessman, Sports Team Owner
Born: Rochester, New York
Died: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: Unknown
Parents: Abraham and Hannah Glazer
Spouse: Linda Glazer
Bio Summary: Billionaire owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers National Football League, he resided in Palm Beach.
Hiram F. Hammon (1841-XXX) City Pioneer, aka 'Uncle Harley'
Born: Conneautville, Pennsylvania
Died: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: Unknown
Parents: Charles and Alvina Foster Hammon
Spouse: Unknown
Bio Summary: Made the first homestead claim in 1873 along Lake Worth.
When the Spanish barque, the 'Providencia', wrecked on the local beach in 1878, he and fellow pioneer William Lanehart were the first on the scene. They salvaged the cargo of 20,000 coconuts (among other things), some of which the settlers then planted, and ate the rest.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) 35th President, U.S.A
Born: Brookline, Massachusetts
Died: Dallas, Texas
Resting Place: Arlington National Cemetery
Parents: Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Spouse: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (1929-1994) Married 1953
Bio Summary: Born into a wealthy family, his father bought a family home La Querida' in Palm Beach in 1933. President Kennedy spent the last weekend of his life there before he was assassinated in Dallas the following week in 1963.
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (1951-2021) Political Commentator
Born: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Died: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
Parents: Rush Hudson Limbaugh II and Mildred Carolyn Armstrong
Bio Summary: Radio and talk Show host on all things political, and many other subjects as well.
Yvelyne "Deedy" Marix 1925-2017) Woman Mayor of Palm Beach
Born: Surrey, England
Died: Washington, D.C.
Resting Place: Unknown
Parents: Henri de Marcellus (Marcellini) (abt.1891-XXXX) and Rose Gordon Clark
Spouse: Unknown
Bio Summary: Marix, the mayor since 1983, was a descendant of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor in the 9th Century, and Louis IX, France's only sainted king. Her father was a count.
Addison Mizner (1872-1933) Architect
Born: Benicia, California,
Died: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California,
Parents: Lansing Bond Mizner (1825-1893) and Ella Watson
Spouse: Gay, Never married
Bio Summary: Contributed significantly to the town's history, designing 67 structures between 1919 and 1924, including El Mirasol, the Everglades Club, La Querida, the William Gray Warden House, and Via Mizner, which is a section of Worth Avenue.
Gurnee Munn (1887-1960) Businessman
Born: Washington, D.C.
Died: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: Unknown
Parents: Unknown
Spouse: Marie Louise Wanamaker, Married 1915
Bio Summary: After World War I, Munn founded the Palm Beach real estate firm of Munn, Hull & Boardman.
He was a winter resident of Palm Beach and a member of the Everglades Club of Palm Beach.
Jack William Nicklaus (b.1940) Professional Golfer, aka 'The Golden Bear'
Born: Columbus, Ohio
Residence: North Palm Beach
Resting Place: N/A
Parents: Charlie Nicklaus and Helen Schoener
Spouse: Barbara Bash, Married 1960
Bio Summary: Lives in North Palm Beach
Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973) Heiress, Businesswoman, Socialite, Philanthropist
Born: Springfield, Illinois
Died: Hillwood Estate, Washington, D.C
Resting Place: Hillwood Estate, Washington, D.C
Parents: C. W. Post (1854-1914) and Ella Letitia Merriweather (1852-1912)
Spouse Number 1: Edward Bennett Close, Married 1905
Spouse Number 2: Edward Francis Hutton, Married 1920
Spouse Number 3: Joseph E. Davies, Married 1935
Spouse Number 4: Herbert A. May (1891-1968) Married1958
Bio Summary: Became the owner of Postum (Post) Cereal Company in 1914, after the death of her father, and was a director of the company until 1958.
Built Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach with her then husband Edward F. Hutton.
Donald J. Trump (b.1946) American Politician, Media Personality, Businessman, The 45th President of the United States
Born: Jamaica Queens Hospital Medical Center, New York, NY
Residence: Palm Beach, Florida
Resting Place: N/A
Parents: Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod
Spouse Number 1: Marla Maples Married 1993–1999
Spouse Number 2: Ivana Zelníčková Married 1977–1990
Spouse Number 3: Melania Knauss Married 2005
Bio Summary: Became a wealthy developer following in the footsteps of his father and lives in Palm Beach at Mar-a-Lago.
Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (1863 –1928) Businessman
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Resting Place: Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Parents: John Wanamaker and Mary Erringer Brown
Spouse: Fernanda Henry
Bio Summary: He and his brother ran the Wanamaker Stores, and built a winter home in Palm Beach.
Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794-1849) American Army Officer
Born: Hudson, New York
Died: San Antonio, Texas
Resting Place: Green-Wood cemetery, New York; In 1857, Worth's remains were reinterred in the 51-foot granite monument on Worth Square on a traffic island between Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 25th Street in New York City's borough of Manhattan. The Worth Monument is the second oldest monument in New York.
Parents: Thomas Worth and Thomas and Abigail Jenkins.
Spouse: Margaret Stafford, Married 1818
Bio Summary: It was the 'Second Seminole War' (aka Florida War) (1835-1842) that brought the major to Florida in a battle with the Seminole Indian tribe.
In Florida, the Lake Worth Lagoon, the city of Lake Worth Beach, and Worth Avenue in Palm Beach are also named after him.
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org
- ↑ Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org
- ↑ West Palm Beach History; https://www.westpalmbeach.com
- ↑ Historical Society of Palm Beach County; https://pbchistory.org
- ↑ Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org
- ↑ West Palm Beach History; https://www.westpalmbeach.com
- ↑ Historical Society of Palm Beach County; https://pbchistory.org
- ↑ Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org
- ↑ Mar-a-Lago Club; https://www.maralagoclub.com
- ↑ Town and Country; https://www.townandcountrymag.com
- ↑ The Historical Marker Database; https://www.hmdb.org
- ↑ Flagler Museum; https://flaglermuseum.us
- ↑ Google maps; https://www.google.com/maps
- ↑ CBS News Article by Sabrina Lolo, Dated 2/9/21;https://cbs12.com
- ↑ West Palm Beach; https://wpbequalitytaskforce.org
- ↑ Bunk; https://www.bunkhistory.org
- ↑ Historical Society of Palm Beach County; https://pbchistory.org
- ↑ The Palm Beaches of Florida; https://www.thepalmbeaches.com
- ↑ Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org
- ↑ Palm Beach Daily News; https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com
- ↑ Google maps; https://www.google.com/maps
- ↑ Palm Beach Post; https://www.palmbeachpost.com
- ↑ Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org
- ↑ Find a Grave; https://www.findagrave.com
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