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Geist was a friend of Charles G. Dawes, who in 1925 became Calvin Coolidge 's Vice-President. Geist left Indiana first to work for the Dawes family in Chicago. In 1924 he had built in Palm Beach La Claridad, a mansion designed by Palm Beach architect Marion Sims Wyeth, who also designed Mar-a-Lago. [5] He was a member of the Everglades Club ...
www.bocahistory.org. The Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum (also known as BRHS&M) is a non-profit organization and public museum dedicated to preserve and collect history and artifacts of Boca Raton, Florida, United States, for educational and advocacy purposes. [1] The society is known for their goal of historic designation and restoring ...
Yamato Colony, Florida. The Yamato Colony was an attempt to create a community of Japanese farmers in what is now Boca Raton, Florida, early in the 20th century. With encouragement from Florida authorities, young Japanese men were recruited to farm in the colony. There were as many as 75 Japanese men, some with their families, at the peak.
The Florida East Coast Railway reached Boca Raton in 1895, the same year that railroad agent and surveyor Thomas Rickards became the first white settler in Boca Raton. Another significant event in 1895 was the completion of the first railroad across Lake Worth, linking Palm Beach and West Palm Beach to allow guests at Flagler's hotels direct ...
Boca Raton, Florida. Boca Raton (/ ˌboʊkə rəˈtoʊn / BOH-kə rə-TOHN; [8][9] Spanish: Boca Ratón [ˈboka raˈton]) is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 97,422 in the 2020 census [5] and it ranked as the 23rd-largest city in Florida in 2022. However, many people with a Boca Raton postal address live ...
The following is a list of notable people who were born or who live or formerly lived in the city of Boca Raton, Florida. Eric Andre. Eric André, comedian. Reed Alexander, actor. Jozy Altidore, association football player. Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player. Carling Bassett-Seguso with husband Robert Seguso, both tennis players.
Lois D. Martin. Lois Dolphus Martin (September 23, 1928 – January 9, 2022) was an American educator, public servant, and a community activist in the Pearl City neighborhood of Boca Raton, FL. [1] Martin served as the Secretary to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, Vice Chairman for the Housing Authority, Habitat for Humanity contributor ...
The first people arrived in Florida before the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna. Human remains and/or artifacts have been found in association with the remains of Pleistocene animals at a number of Florida locations. A carved bone depicting a mammoth found near the site of Vero man has been dated to 13,000 to 20,000 years ago.