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      Loxahatchee River Historical Society:



      Illuminating History For 50 Years - From Oil House


      Museum To A National Heritage Site




        Jan. 27 marked a remarkable milestone for the local   today, the society has
      nonprofit Loxahatchee River Historical Society (LRHS). Fifty   honored the legacy
      years ago, the society incorporated to begin the important work   of that first meeting
      of documenting and preserving the area’s more than 6,000-  between Ethel Gravett
      year history. Today the society is best known for operating the   and Bessie DuBois.
      Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum.                   As we look
        In 1970, Ethel Gravett took her son’s Cub Scout troop to   back over the past
      visit the home of local historian and pioneer Bessie Wilson   50 years, we honor
      DuBois. Bessie told the Cub Scouts stories of our history, while   the dedication of
      showing them treasures, artifacts, and photos she collected over   the volunteers and
      her lifetime in Jupiter. When Ethel learned that Bessie was   staff of the LRHS
      worried about the future of her collection, she had a vision that   for their dedication
      would change our community forever. Serving as the chair for   to keep preserving
      Jupiter-Tequesta Junior Woman’s Club, she galvanized local   and retelling the
      civic organizations and other community members, organized   stories of our unique
      meetings, and formed the “Loxahatchee Historical Society.”   coastal community
      The following year, the society opened the first Lighthouse   and its cherished
      Museum in the 1860 Oil House adjacent to the Lighthouse.   Lighthouse. Visit
        First there was the urgent need for preservation. The   jupiterlighthouse.org
      society acquired the listing of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse on   to join us for upcoming
      the National Register of Historic Places and the 1898 DuBois   50th Anniversary
      Pioneer Home, which they operated as a museum house from   programs and events.
      1977 until 2007, when the county closed it for renovations.
      Volunteers rallied to save the Lighthouse and maintain it as an      Dedication of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area
      active aid to navigation when the U.S. Coast Guard considered
      decommissioning the Lighthouse in favor of a modern light
      atop a condo.
        The Loxahatchee Historical Museum opened in 1988 in                                                Leaving Your Employer?
      Burt Reynolds Park offering exhibits and creating a home for                                         Understand Your 401(k) Options.
      the DuBois and other collections. On Pearl Harbor Day 2006,
      the society opened the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum in                                          At Edward Jones, we can explain options for your
      the restored WWII Navy Married Men’s Housing building. The                                           401(k), including leaving the money in your former
      society then spearheaded efforts to obtain permanent protection                                      employer’s plan, moving it to your new employer’s
      of the Lighthouse and surrounding 120 acres of sensitive                                             plan,  rolling it over  to an individual Retirement
      habitat as an Outstanding Natural Area (ONA) in the National                                         Account (IRA) or cashing out the account subject to
      Conservation Lands. These special Conservation Lands are a                                           tax consequences.
      part of the U.S. Department of Interior and managed by the
      Bureau of Land Management. The Congressional Bill was                                                To learn more, call today.
      signed by President George W. Bush on May 8, 2008 and gave
      the Jupiter Lighthouse the national recognition it deserves. The
      society was named as a managing partner, an unusual honor
      for a nonprofit in public lands legislation.                        Sally S Stahl, AAMS®
        From the opening of the first Lighthouse Museum in the            Financial Advisor                       www.edwardjones.com
      1860 Oil House to the current operations of the Jupiter Inlet       1851 W Indiantown Rd Ste 106              M e m b  P I S   r e  C
      Lighthouse & Museum serving over 100,000 annual visitors
                                                                          Jupiter, FL 33458
                                                                          561-748-7600




















      Ethel Gravett at the LHS Oil House Museum dedication in 1973

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