by
Lynn Lasseter Drake, Richard A. Marconi, Historical Society of Palm Beach County
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2006
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 playground...