Documents

The Oldest Houses of Lake Worth were researched and prepared by Marion Cone. The Preservation Paper below is a PowerPoint presentation.

1. Oldest-Houses-Preservation-Paper-1 – Powerpoint
2. Oldest Houses Brochure


The Historical Society engaged an anthropologist to conduct a preliminary survey of Lake Worth archaeology. Two papers were produced: a professional document by anthropologist Dorothy Block entitled The Archaeology of the City of Lake Worth and a layman’s guide Background to Archaeology in Lake Worth by Steve Lockwood.

1. Archaeology of the City of Lake Worth Beach
2. Background to archaeology in Lake Worth Beach


Marion Cone has written several articles that provide glimpses back in time from the pages of the Lake Worth Herald. Included are the Spanish flu, a Prohibition raid, and the long battle for woman’s suffrage. 

1. The Spanish Flu
2. Woman’s Suffrage
3. Sheriff’s-Whisky-Raid

The battle for civil rights is usually thought of in terms of large city fights. But Lake Worth had its own civil rights crusader from 1966-1970. Steve Lockwood has rediscovered the story of Robert L. Mitchell who led the Afro-American Civic Action Unit in Lake Worth.
Robert L Mitchell


Ted Brownstein joined Scott McCabe, former reporter for the Palm Beach Post, in North Carolina to explore the early life and the family of Fannie James. What they found was a strong, resourceful family that taught Fannie many of the skills she used in later life in Jewell.    
On the Trail of Fannie James