IN THE ’50s
An aerial view of Boca Raton Inlet and Lake Boca Raton shows the property that includes the Boca Raton Resort & Club. That’s Camino Real curving eastward.
IN 2012
An aerial view of the land that includes the Boca Raton Resort & Club. In 1
A manually operated wooden drawbridge was built in 1916 on Palmetto Park Road, making beach access easier. This view is looking west over the bridge. On the right is the tender’s wife, Mrs. Townsend. Photos courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Socie
Once homesteading was allowed in Florida, Thomas Moore Rickards was the first known settler to build a house. He settled in about 1897 along the east side of the Intracoastal Waterway. Photos courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
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Joseph Myrick, Peg Young, Helen Long, Robert Myrick, Mamie Myrick and William Myrick enjoy a day on the beach in this photo by Laurence Gould, taken 1914-1917. Courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
The year is 1958; the view is south on Fede
