History of Boynton Beach Florida by Janet DeVries

HISTORY OF BOYNTON BEACH:

The Gateway to the Gulf StreamPresented by:

Janet DeVries

Post Civil WarAntebellum Period

1865-1880

Pine Scrub

Native Americans

Pioneer Era1880-1920

1890 Map

Steamboats

Florida East Coast Canal

Maj. Nathan S. Boynton

Oceanfront Hotel

The Boynton

FEC Train Station

Who Founded Boynton Beach?

Byrd Spilman Dewey

1898

Maj. Boynton’s Family

Boynton Beach Hotel

Shipwrecks

Murray House

Lynch House

Ocean Avenue

Best Land is the Cheapest

Tomato Farming

Family Farms

Flatwoods Plantation

Elementary School

The Land Boom1920-1928

Lake Boynton Estates

Boynton Inlet

Boynton High School

Boynton Woman’s Club

1928 Hurricane

Land Bust/Great Depression

WWII/ Post War

1930s-1950s

Military Trail 1935

The Filling Station

Fish Haven

City Hall & Fire Station

Ocean & U.S. 1

Sport Fishing

Boynton Casino

Aerial View 1950s

Development & Growth

Population Growth

Bethesda Hospital

Palm Beach Leisureville - 1964

Colony Model

Affordable Retirement

1977 Drawbridge

Interstate I-95

West Boynton Beach1970s

DuBois Farms circa 1987

Westward Expansion

Boynton Beach Mall

A New Library

Big Technology

Restoration

Growth

Boynton Beach Today

More Growth & Development

What will the future bring?

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