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Jan Tuckwood

    Pioneers in Paradise
    • Pioneers in Paradise

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      • 8 hodin čítania

      Little more than 100 years ago, West Palm Beach was a nameless stretch of scrub and swamp dotted by a few settlements. Then Henry Flagler arrived. In a matter of months, the Standard Oil tycoon turned Palm Beach into a world-renowned resort. And across Lake Worth from his fancy paradise, he fashioned a service city - West Palm Beach. This is the story of the unique mix of high society and endless summer that has developed there.

      Pioneers in Paradise