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About Our Century: Our Century, a book published by The Palm Beach Post in 2000, features The Palm Beach Post 100 - the people who changed the way we live. Additionally, it follows local history from the "Wilderness and War" years, 1500-1870, through 1999 and the beginning of the new century. You can search articles from the book and read featured selections here.


Society’s Stylist- Addison Mizner Dec. 12, 1872 – Feb. 5, 1933

Originally from December 19, 1999

The ultimate society architect, Addison Cairn Mizner created the Palm Beach look and built Boca Raton. His client list: Vanderbilts, Warburtons and Wanamakers. He had no university training as an architect - just an eye for high style. While building country homes on Long Island, Mizner met Paris Singer, 24th child of...

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Midwife To Generations- Millie Gildersleeve 1858 – Feb. 16, 1950

Originally from December 19, 1999

Millie Gildersleeve, a freed slave from Georgia, may have been the first permanent black resident of what is now Palm Beach County. She was midwife to many of its pioneers. Millie came to the "Lake Worth region'' in 1876 with the Dimick family. She married M.J. "Jake'' Gildersleeve (1857-1931) on the...

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Poised For A New Century- Local History 1980-1999

Originally from December 19, 1999

ONE HUNDRED YEARS of change. And yet two things have come full-circle: We've come back to our historic downtowns. And we're trying to fix decades of mistakes along the Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades. We've learned the price of growth. And also its certainty. This era marked dramatic milestones: Palm...

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Living Off The Land- Reuben Carlton, Born Nov. 3, 1920

Originally from December 19, 1999

Reuben Wright Carlton, grandson of a St. Lucie County pioneer, built a cattle business that straddles the Martin-St. Lucie county line. He's been involved in banking, water management and other businesses. He shares some of the family stories with a sharp memory, a sense of humor and a twinkle in his...

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Clewiston’s Benefactor- Charles Mott, June 2, 1875 – Feb. 18, 1973

Originally from December 19, 1999

Charles Stewart Mott started at the top and went up from there. He founded South Florida's modern sugar industry and set up one of the nation's largest foundations. Mott was born into the apple sauce family in 1875 but opted for an engineering career. He got the family wheel company involved...

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