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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<\/a> – Powerpoint
2. Oldest Houses Brochure<\/a>


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<\/a>
2. Background to archaeology in Lake Worth Beach<\/a>


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.\u00a0

1. The Spanish Flu<\/a>
2. Woman’s Suffrage<\/a>
3. Sheriff’s-Whisky-Raid<\/a>

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<\/a>


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. \u00a0 \u00a0
On the Trail of Fannie James<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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