The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page S003

PAGELABELTAG THE PALM BEACH POST REAL NEWS STARTS HERE I THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013 S3 THE TIMELINE La ke Wo ft Growth of a Beach Town t9tt t9t3 1X62 Congress passes the Homestead Act, which allows Lake Worth is incorporated. Lake Avenue becomes the first street to be graded. The area's unofficial name, "Jewell," is subsequently changed to the Townsite of Lucerne; platting begins. Following the death of her husband, Samuel, Fannie James sells much of her land to Palm Beach Farms Co. The owners of Palm Beach Farms Company Frederick Edward Bryant, his brother Harold J.

Bryant, and William Greenwood form Bryant Greenwood, which markets the land throughout the U.S. and Canada. many Americans, including women and freed slaves, to file for a federal land grant. As a result, settlers begin moving to the area that is now Lake Worth. t912 Lake Avenue at Street, looking west, 1919 NQTETjic mrrc A clu-1 vn ha? Lvr Yii.

IJMiLf liefnrriiir (iT jruthcr Jlmc ftlW tZ4-5 Samuel and Fannie James, believed to be ex-slaves, move from Georgia and settle in what is now the area from Dixie Highway east to the Intracoastal Waterway, and from Lake Avenue South to 12th Avenue South. U.S. Post Office Department turns down request to use "Lucerne" as name because another post office in Florida already uses it. Name is chanj to Lake Worth. Thr rurr- 1 flkruwih Fmi bei JixiJiid tipcm, Li ilunfMlunllr hribtJ ihit ihr namr Eik munch a rc nppmptiMt.

Ir iiJfiziHpijbf rfiuH cm chr llmiT nf Lyfcf ll'iifth, Hi iila.liut Irfiairu miIliI anywhb: Lake Worth Bath House, a two-story building of Florida pine, is built just north of the 'ed current Casino. Mm LAKEWORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA tllo Crn Farms On July 22, Lake Worth Post Office opens. III Brvn1 Want a free lot in Lake Worth, circa 1911? Developers gave away tiny town lots to people who bought farmland. Host t909 Palm Beach County is incorporated. Fannie is named postmistress.

The Jameses' residence doubles as the post office. t9t3 First July 4 celebration. wo tZ96 Lake Worth's official population is 38 in July but reaches 308 before Henry Flagler extends his rail line south from West Palm Beach, making Lake Worth much more accessible. Settlers call the new area, which is part of Dade County, "Jewel" (often spelled A monument to Fannie and Samuel James, who settled in Lake Worth in the 1880s. Fannie, believed to be an ex-slave, was the area's first postmaster.

The Jameses homesteaded nearly 1 87 acres in the downtown area, then called Jewel. THE DTAMOHIKS SaniueKA. Fa.JittiaJirii.es Tfi my'rtilmcint stands, fl I. X(t Fiinij 'SamSc! jamSi who. setfedrn tlte.shfires of LiktrWortli in irea's fiisi postmaster.

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