History of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Name: Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Address: Palm Beach, FL, USA

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Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Palm Beach was established as a resort by Henry Morrison Flagler, who made the Atlantic coast barrier island accessible via his Florida East Coast Railway. The nucleus of the community was established by Flagler's two luxury resort hotels, the Royal Poinciana Hotel and The Breakers Hotel. West Palm Beach was built across Lake Worth as a service town and has become a major city in its own right.

Flagler's house lots were bought by the beneficiaries of the Gilded Age, and in 1902 Flagler himself built a Beaux-Arts mansion, Whitehall, designed by the New York–based firm Carrère and Hastings and helped establish the Palm Beach winter "season" by constantly entertaining. The town was incorporated on 17 April 1911.

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1872 - The first settlers arrive in Palm Beach, then known as "Lake Worth"

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The Flagler Trail
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Beach at the Casino
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1906
Palmbeach, a post-village and fashionable resort of Dad co., Fla., is on a narrow strip of land between Lake Worth and the Atlantic Ocean, 65 miles...Read MORE...
The Town of Palm Beach was incorporated on April 17, 1911.

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Bethesda By-The-Sea, Episcopal Church
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Royal Poinciana from West Palm Beach, Palm Beach. Florida
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Palm Beach Pier
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Everglades Club
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1928 - Hurricane
After devastating Puerto Rico, a ferocious storm whips ashore at Palm Beach, Florida. Rain from the hurricane fills Lake Okeechobee, Florida, causing ...Read MORE...
Biltmore Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida
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Donahue Residence
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St. Edward's Church
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General View of Beautiful Palm Beach, Florida
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Sunrise Ave., Looking toward Palm Beach Biltmore Hotel
St. Edwards Catholic Church and New Palm Beach Hotel in Foreground
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Famous Worth Ave., Palm Beach, Fla.
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Exclusive Bath and Tennis Club, 1942
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Winter Bathing at Palm Beach, 1943
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1954 - August 22 - WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting

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