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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Delray’s roots go about 4,000 miles – to Germany!

By Ginger Pedersen | February 21, 2011 - 10:44 pm |January 28, 2014 Interesting Characters
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Every time I think that coincidence is just that, I discover something that somehow tells me I was meant to find it. I had noticed Germantown Road in Delray Beach off of Congress Avenue and wondered how it was named. I searched through Google and found a posting on HistoricPalmBeach.com… Continue reading →

Pineapple Beach County? It could have happened…

By Ginger Pedersen | February 13, 2011 - 9:36 pm |January 28, 2014 Interesting Characters
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Palm Beach. No other county name probably brings to mind wealth, the tropics and Florida. When Palm Beach County was a part of Dade County before 1909, farming was the way that most of the early homesteaders and pioneers made their living. Traditional crops such as tomatoes, beans, and potatoes… Continue reading →

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