| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 4731 |  | Details | Fugate, H.C. | 1923 |
| Authentic old map of Palm Beach County, Florida |
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Fugate, H.C. |
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| 1923 |
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| $0.00 | Fugate--H-C- | Authentic-old-map-of-Palm-Beach-County--Florida | SOLD<br></br>
Authentic old map of <b>Palm Beach County, Florida</b> made in a slower time but presaging the large scale development to follow. Numerous features of historical interest include the Lake Worth Casino (Lake Worth Casino and Baths opened in 1922), <b>Central Dixie Highway</b>, the Hanson Grant, the Gomez Grant, and Big Mound.
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In 1815, the King and Queen of Spain and the Governor of Florida awarded Don Eusebio Gomez a Royal Land Grant of roughly 12,000 acres known as the <b>“Gomez Grant”</b>. The huge plot surrounded the Loxahatchee and Indian Rivers, as well as a narrow strip of barrier island between the St. Lucie Inlet and the Jupiter Inlet.
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<b>Big Mound City</b> is the site of a complex of Native American earthworks built in the Lake Okeechobee Basin area of southeastern Florida circa 1000 A.D.
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On the Atlantic Ocean, coverage extends from Boca Ratone (Boca Raton) at the south to Stuart at the north end and includes Port Sewall, Bon Air Beach, Olympia, Jupiter Inlet, Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Boynton, Delray, and Ferncliff. Numerous golf links are noted
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Compiled and drawn for publication in 1923 by Fugate Enineering. Co. 119 N. Olive Street. West Palm Beach, Florida. Useful legend at bottom left corner. Numerous depth soundings and course-to-steer shown within Lake Okeechobee. Price when issued 60 cents. Horizontal and vertical scale based on township and range notation. Scale 4 miles to one inch. |