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When Pratt & Whitney first opened for business on June 15, 1958, just west of the site where Palm Beach Gardens would be founded almost a year later, there were no gas stations or traffic lights. The state of Florida agreed to build a road (later to…

Financier-developer John D. MacArthur announces on Thursday, April 5, 1973, that he will sell all his holdings in Palm Beach County and Florida and return to Illinois. The first sale was WEAT-TV (Channel 12) in West Palm Beach to Photo Electronics…

St. Mark's Episcopal Church originated on Advent Sunday in December 1962, when clergy from Holy Trinity Church of West Palm Beach began meeting with a group in the North Palm Beach Elementary School. Under the leadership of Reverend Robert Terhune,…