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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).

Date Marks End Of Era For Local Paper

Originally from September 25, 2002

Readers: Sept. 25 marks a big day in the history of Palm Beach Newspapers, parent company of The Palm Beach Post. On that day in 1987, the Palm Beach Evening Times printed its last edition. In May of that year The Evening Times had merged with The Palm Beach Post,...

Tiny Town Dissolved After 61 Years

Originally from May 10, 2006

Q: What happened to Golfview? A: The 61-year-old hamlet near Palm Beach International Airport was dissolved on Sept. 1, 1998, to make way for airport expansion. Golfview started as a golf course and was chartered as a town June 11, 1937. It covered about 80 acres and boasted 63 homes and a population...

Lion Country Celebrates 40 Years

Originally from August 29, 2007

This week is the 40th birthday of Lion Country Safari. It opened Aug. 20, 1967. Here's an update of a 2002 column: The 500-acre attraction, 15 miles west of West Palm Beach, was one of Florida's first theme parks and claims to be the nation's first "cageless zoo." Its draw: Visitors...

Black man sought council seat in 1911

Originally from February 4, 2004

February is Black History Month. The historical contributions of blacks in Palm Beach County have often been overlooked. A few years back, we profiled four such personalities or couples. We'll revisit them in our four Post-Time columns for February. Here's the first: George Green got more than one out of every...

Loxahatchee Refuge All That’s Left Of Everglades’ Northern Sprawl

Originally from May 24, 2000

Q: Is the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge part of the Everglades? A: The northern Everglades, which once sprawled to Lake Okeechobee, have gone to sugar fields and neighborhoods. Only one piece remains - in the shape of a teardrop. One hundred years ago, the Everglades stretched more than 2,700 square miles -...