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James Homestead and First Jewell Post Office

James Homestead and First Jewell Post Office

5.0(1 review)
1.7 mi

Next to the picnic pavilion in Bryant Park in Lake Worth, you will find this historic marker which…read moreis part of the Florida Historical Marker Program. The Historical Marker Program is one of the Division of Historical Resources' most popular and valued public history programs. It raises awareness of Florida's cultural history while enhancing the enjoyment of historic sites for residents and tourists. The blue historic markers tell the stories of the people and places that were important to Florida's history and they can be found in front of churches, schools, buildings, roads, archaeological sites, battlefields, cemeteries, and historically important sites like this one. Historic marker F-1143 was installed in 2020 by The Historical Society of Lake Worth, City of Lake Worth Beach. Before Lake Worth was incorporated it was known as Jewell thanks to Fannie James who with her husband Sam were the first African-American people to file claim for a homestead in the area. Fannie who was a former slave was the one who filled out a lengthy form, asking the First Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, D.C., to approve a new post office on the western shore of Lake Worth in what was Dade County. She had to choose a name and after considering several finally decided on Jewell, perhaps because the couple had received the nickname, the black diamonds from the white homesteaders in the area. On the form she declared the population to be 13. After the post office was approved in September 1889, Fannie became the postmistress for the next 14 years while also operating a dry-goods shop she and her husband ran on their 187-acre homestead built by Sam, a carpenter. At first mail was delivered by boat and then after the Florida East Coast Railway was completed between West Palm Beach and Miami, it came by train. In 1909, the northern part of Dade County became Palm Beach County. That same year Sam passed away at the age of 81. In 1910, Fannie sold the majority of her property to the Palm Beach Farms Company. She only kept the lot her house was on which was located within 100 feet of the current South Bryant Park Picnic Pavilion. On June 4, 1913, Jewell was incorporated as Lake Worth. Fannie passed away on May 6, 1915 at the age of 73 after she was struck by a car while driving her horse and buggy to West Palm Beach. Today Lake Worth has grown to a population of approximately 40,000 people. Although Fannie and Sam are long gone, their contributions to Lake Worth are remembered to this day and commemorated by this sign.

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