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Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens, Page 13
An Open Letter To Palm Beach Gardens

Residents And Friends

A half a century ago, my wife Arline and I, along with preserve, and share the rich history of the city. It has been The purpose of my writing is to let you know our newest
our four children, relocated from “up north” to our new doing this in several ways: by sponsoring educational endeavor and to seek your assistance in bringing this effort
home in Palm Beach Gardens. At that time, there were lectures and programs of our area which happened on into fruition. The society is joining with the City of Palm
about 4,000 residents in the city. They lived between a bimonthly calendar, as well as conducted numerous Beach Gardens to produce a digital historical map of
PGA Boulevard and Northlake, and stretched east from field trips to historical and prominent sites in the area. our city. It is being designed with standard regional map
the turnpike. As of the last population count, the city is Unfortunately, COVID-19 has put these types of activities features that will include icons of the various elements
approaching 60,000 residents. After various annexations on hold. within the city. It will allow the user easy access to locate
in the last 50 years, it has grown to approximately 60 In 2012, a book titled Images of America: Palm Beach various elements of the city and the historical role it has
square miles and it is the largest city, by landmass, in Gardens was published and is available to purchase in played. It is intended that this map will be continuously
Palm Beach County. local bookstores. It contains numerous photos and text monitored to provide a never-ending true living history.
In 2008, The Palm Beach Gardens Historical Society of people and happenings in the early life of Palm Beach We are reaching out to you for two purposes.
was established. Its mission statement is to collect, Gardens. First, we would like you to search your personal
archives and photos, and allow our society to copy your
archives to include them in ours. The goal is to provide
Kangaroo Island from page 12 and 5 meters high and have been formed in unusual and a link on the historical map website for these selected
fantastic shapes. The boulders look as if they had been photos. The combinations of collections will help produce
The echidna and platypus (both found at Kangaroo placed on top of a large dome of granite by some super a more complete history of our city.
Island) are the only two monotremes found on our planet. power. To some, the rocks appear castle-like and to others Secondly, it will take funding to start and to maintain this
The echidna, which looks like an ant-eating porcupine, like decaying teeth … and from a distance they resemble effort. The society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and we have all
lays an egg in her pouch, which is much like the pouch animals walking over the hill. What I found interesting volunteered to uphold our mission statement. We ask that
of marsupials; however, when the egg is hatched she about the formations is that many of the boulders were you consider becoming a member of the society (individual
nurses the young. actually hollowed out and only a thin shell of granite or corporation), or make a tax-exempt contribution to this
One of the highlights on the island is found in the enclosed the void – empty boulders. effort and become a “Friend of the Society.”
Flinders Chase National Park. They are the Remarkable For those who are not keen on cathedrals, museums, Please contact us at PBGHistory@gmail.com.
Rocks. These isolated granite boulders stand between 4 castles and other urban touring opportunities, Kangaroo See you around town,
Island is just the place for you to visit. It’s nature at Donald L. Kiselewski,
its best, presented in a laid-back Australian format by Chairman Emeritus,
friendly Aussies who wouldn’t leave the island for any Palm Beach Gardens Historical Society
other place on Earth. www.PalmBeachGardensHistoricalSociety.org
Don Kiselewski writes from his personal experiences,
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