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Loxahatchee River Historical Society Celebrates

50th Anniversary With Proclamation Presentation

From Palm Beach County Board Of Commissioners

Telling The Stories From for generations to come. As a den mother, she decided told how the mail would come to her at the Coast Guard
Oil House Museum To to take her sons’ Cub Scout troop (her scout is now 57 site, addressed to “The Girl at the Lighthouse.”
years old) to earn their history badge by visiting Bessie
Palm Beach County Commissioner Marino greeted
Outstanding Natural Area DuBois at her home in DuBois Park. the audience and enthusiastically read the proclamation,
Bessie shared tables and walls full of remarkable recognizing the historical society for 50 years of
On a breezy deck, below the restored 1860 Jupiter Inlet historic artifacts and photographs, and later asked, “What accomplishments in preservation of the iconic Jupiter
Lighthouse, a small group of dignitaries and supporters is going to happen to all this?” This was Gravett’s “ah- Inlet Lighthouse and other historic buildings as well as
gathered on Thursday, Jan. 27, to celebrate a historic ha” moment. Active in the Junior Women’s League and service to the community. Commissioner Marino then
milestone in the community. The date marked the 50th other local organizations, she galvanized local community presented the proclamation to Jamie Stuve, president and
Anniversary of the Loxahatchee River Historical Society members like Bill and Judie Wood, Anna Minear, Rose CEO, who has been at the helm of the historical society
(LRHS) – five decades of historic preservation and Meyerowitz, Pat Magrogan and others, to form a group since 2002.
educational programming for the local nonprofit. The dedicated to the area’s historic preservation and the
historical society was deeply honored to be presented with Loxahatchee Historical Society was born. Loxahatchee River Historical Society on page 16
a proclamation from Palm Beach County Commissioner As the fledgling society took shape, the new
Maria Marino of District 1 that afternoon. organization consulted with museums and individuals
Jamie Stuve, president and CEO of the LRHS, such as Judge Knott, with experience on how to operate
welcomed guests and began by briefly telling the story and properly protect the important cultural heritage of
of pioneer descendent Bessie Wilson DuBois and her the Jupiter Inlet area.
love for history and collecting artifacts from Jupiter’s Many people contributed to the success of the
multilayered past and from her time living on the Jupiter Loxahatchee River Historical Society over the years.
nd
Inlet. Stuve then introduced the original founder of the Gravett expressed how excited she was to see what the 102 Year Anniversary
Loxahatchee River Historical Society and longtime local LRHS has grown to become. Early on, the U.S. Coast Do You Have
resident, Ethel Gravett. Guard told Gravett that the lighthouse was difficult to
Gravett recounted the pivotal moment that sparked an maintain and happily agreed for the LRHS have the Oil An Old Fur Hanging
idea and that would shape the future of the Jupiter Inlet House as a museum, opening only on Sundays. Gravett
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