Florida still restricts land ownership by immigrants ineligible for citizenship
Originally from April 28, 2011
The catastrophic earthquake in March has brought focus on Japan and its grieving compatriots here in America, and South Florida. In February, this reporter took his in-laws, visiting from Indiana, to the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens near Delray Beach. The Yamato-kan, the original museum building, which had opened in 1977,...
American Sent Back To Cuban Jail
Originally from July 21, 2004
Readers: This is part three of the story of soldier-fortune Austin Young Jr., who escaped a Cuban prison in 1959. Afraid Young would bolt for sanctuary, the Cuban government placed armed guards at the U.S. embassy, which would shut down in November 1960 and remains closed today. But Young had been hiding...
Traffic congestion a West Palm Beach woe in 1939
Originally from December 4, 2002
Last week we offered excerpts from the 1939 WPA Guide to Florida. Here's what it said about central Palm Beach County: West Palm Beach: Population: 26,610 (86,194 now). "Although it is the business and railroad center for Palm Beach, on the opposite shore, West Palm Beach, with its large hotels and...
Dreher Park Named In Honor Of W. Palm’s ‘Johnny Appleseed’
Originally from January 23, 2002
Q: Who was the "Dreher" in Dreher Park? A: Paul Albert Dreher, the first director of parks for West Palm Beach, was instrumental in filling marshes and building Currie, Phipps and Howard parks. But he's best remembered for his zoo. The native of Wurttenberg, Germany, was raised on a farm and had...
Palm Beach Post’s Pulitzer Prize is 40
Originally from May 6, 2010
Forty years ago this week, this newspaper won its first and, so far, only Pulitzer Prize. It was for feature photography, for Dallas Kinney’s photographs from the series, Migration to Misery. Kinney (above) and reporter Kent Pollock documented the hardships of migrant workers who struggled in the fields from North Carolina...
