West palm beach, 1890 to 1950
West Palm Beach was established in 1894, two decades after pioneers first arrived in the wilderness at Lake Worth. In 1893, Henry M. Flagler, Standard Oil magnate and Florida railroad mogul, finalized plans to extend his Florida East Coast Railroad south in order to turn Palm Beach into a winter pla...
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| Format: | EBOOK |
| Language: | ENGLISH |
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Arcadia Publishing Inc
2006
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| Series: | Images of America |
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