Page 26 - Southern Exposure - December '22

Page 26, Southern Exposure

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Historical Seeds Of The Gardens

Did You Know?

In 1888 t he hunting, fishing, and
residents of the relaxing around a
Lake Worth area campfire with a beer
were displeased and ribs.
with the treatment The Bonnette
they received from Hunt Club was
the Dade County started in 1961 by
seat at Biscayne Bay William A. Bonnette
and petitioned for a Jr., a longtime
special election to resident of Palm
choose the location Beach County. Bill
of the county seat for realized that there
the next 10 years. On was little land left for
Feb. 19, 1889, the hunters, so he started
winner – though as the club as a private hunt club with some of the best quail
yet it had no name hunting, bird dogs, and guides in the country. The members Club News on page 28
– was a site near the
northern terminus for
the boat line on Lake
Worth. Commissioner Albert M. Field donated one acre for
the courthouse, now the site of the Oakbrook Square shopping
center. Field’s wife, Leahretta C. “Lettie” Field, became
postmistress that July of the newly established Juno post office.
Also in July, Juno became the southern terminus for the
Celestial Railroad from Jupiter. Henry Flagler’s much larger $ $ 489 Reg. 589 $ 250
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offices, jail cells and a courtroom on the second floor, was the Not valid with any other discounts, Not valid with any other discounts, Not valid with any other discounts,
largest assembly structure in Juno, also serving as a church, offers, or coupons. Limit 1 discount offers, or coupons. Limit 1 discount offers, or coupons. Limit 1 discount
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When the county seat returned to Miami in 1899, Juno
lost its purpose. A forest fire in 1907 destroyed the town’s
remaining buildings, and nature quickly reclaimed the area. A
brick cistern was preserved at the Twelve Oaks subdivision,
where the Juno dock stood. Twelve Oaks, as well as Lost
Tree Village and Captain’s Key, on the former site of Juno,
are within the Village of North Palm Beach.
Today, a historical marker located in the Oakbrook
Shopping center reads “About three hundred feet east of
this marker, stood the Dade County Court House at Juno, Changing the way we
the county seat from 1890 to 1900. Juno – since abandoned find love, one date at a time.
– was the southern terminus of the “Celestial Railroad” from
Jupiter to Juno, and the northern terminus of the boat and
connecting stage coach line to Miami.”
Photos and narrative courtesy of the Historical Society of
Palm Beach County
Juno, Florida (pbchistoryonline.org)
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One of the first privately-
owned country clubs in
Palm Beach Gardens was
visited by the rich and
famous. Business owners,
celebrities and heads-of-
state enjoyed hobnobbing Gift Yourself Love
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