History museum exhibit showcases Palm Beach County’s pioneer era
Pioneer life in early Palm Beach was not for the faint-hearted. “Think a small cabin with a plot of land to grow food,” said Debi Murray, director of research and archives for the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. “You could hunt and fish for the rest of what you’d eat. You could go to the beach to pick up copper, wood or other materials from shipwrecks or things that drifted in with the tide.” “Livin’ on the Lake: The Pioneer Era, 1860-1893″ explores these early days. The area’s first settlers clustered around Lake Worth, now the Intracoastal Waterway, because boats were the main means of transportation. Roads were scarce and difficult to cut…
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