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About Eliot Kleinberg: The Post Time column has appeared every week in the Palm Beach Post's neighborhood sections since they debuted in January 2000. The Aug. 20, 2009 column was the 500th. The column answers readers' questions about local history, marks anniversaries, describes historical personalities and tells about landmarks, both well-known and otherwise. It expanded its scope to the Treasure Coast when Neighborhood Post instituted editions for that region in March 2007. Since its inception, the column has been produced by Eliot Kleinberg, a South Florida native and a Post staff writer since 1987. He is the author of nearly a dozen books, all about Florida and South Florida and their history, including two book collections of Post Time columns, both published by History Press: "Palm Beach Past" (2006) and "Wicked Palm Beach" (2009).


Howard Park’s ‘Hiker’ Statue Honors Spanish-American War

Originally from October 3, 2001

Q: What is the statue in Howard Park? A: The 8-foot sculpture, near the Kravis Center and just south of Okeechobee Boulevard on Parker Road in West Palm Beach, honors the soldiers who served during the Spanish-American War. It's one of about 50 such figures, called The Hiker. They are the...

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Ashley gang robbed bank at different corner

Originally from January 14, 2010

Our Dec. 17, 2009, column on the Ashley Restaurant drew this response from Josephine Paradise of Stuart:

"The 2/23/1915 robbery was not at the restaurant location but at the first Stuart bank, which was on the corner across from the Ashley Restaurant. "This building is still there but now houses some...

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Coastline A German Target In WWII

Originally from March 28, 2007

Readers: For March, we've been running columns in honor of Neighborhood Post's expansion into the West Palm Beach-Palm Beach-Riviera Beach area and the Treasure Coast. Here are some key Palm Beach County dates to illuminate our new readers and refresh our regulars: 1840-1842: Soldiers discover and name Lake Worth, in...

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New PBIA Terminal is 20 Years Old

Originally from October 23, 2008

Readers: Twenty years ago this week, a new terminal opened at Palm Beach International Airport. The area had gone from a field with a windsock in 1929, to Morrison Field through the Depression, to a military base in World War II and the Korean War. Returned to the county for good...

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Historic Pahokee Hit Hard Times

Originally from May 14, 2009

Larry Wright, who is active in the local history of the Glades, writes to ask about his alma mater. The historic 11-building Pahokee High School complex -- built in 1928 and which stood in the great hurricane later that year -- officially opened for the 1930-31 school year at 360 E....

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