Pleasant City, West Palm Beach

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Author: Everee Jimerson Clarke ISBN: 9781439629772
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: April 20, 2005
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Everee Jimerson Clarke
ISBN: 9781439629772
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: April 20, 2005
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
Pleasant City, a neighborhood of West Palm Beach, Florida, is the oldest African-American community in Palm Beach County. The first black settlers came to a place called the Styx�later owned by white millionaires who then rented their backyards to black workers�to work on the railroad and Henry Flagler�s hotel and mansion. Forced out when the land became valuable, the blacks purchased land and settled Pleasant City. Pleasant City was marketed as a �High Class Colored Subdivision� in 1913, and many of the pioneers still have descendants in the area today.
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Pleasant City, a neighborhood of West Palm Beach, Florida, is the oldest African-American community in Palm Beach County. The first black settlers came to a place called the Styx�later owned by white millionaires who then rented their backyards to black workers�to work on the railroad and Henry Flagler�s hotel and mansion. Forced out when the land became valuable, the blacks purchased land and settled Pleasant City. Pleasant City was marketed as a �High Class Colored Subdivision� in 1913, and many of the pioneers still have descendants in the area today.

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