Page 14 - Southern Exposure - March '22

Page 14, Southern Exposure

in Your CoMMunitY

Loxahatchee River Historical Society Celebrates 50th

Anniversary With Proclamation Presentation From

Palm Beach County Board Of Commissioners

Telling The Stories From Oil House Museum To Outstanding Natural Area

On a breezy deck, below the restored 1860 Jupiter Inlet decades of historic preservation
Lighthouse, a small group of dignitaries and supporters and educational programming for
gathered on Thursday, Jan. 27, to celebrate a historic milestone the local nonprofit. The historical
in the community. The date marked the 50th Anniversary society was deeply honored to be
of the Loxahatchee River Historical Society (LRHS) – five presented with a proclamation
from Palm Beach County
Commissioner Maria Marino of
District 1 that afternoon.
Jamie Stuve, president and
CEO of the LRHS, welcomed
guests and began by briefly telling
the story of pioneer descendent
Bessie Wilson DuBois and her
love for history and collecting
artifacts from Jupiter ’s
multilayered past and from her
time living on the Jupiter Inlet.
Stuve then introduced the original
founder of the Loxahatchee River
Historical Society and longtime
local resident, Ethel Gravett.
Gravett recounted the pivotal
moment that sparked an idea and Matt Pazanski, Town of Juno Beach; Dr. Robin Sykes; Dan Comerford, mayor, Jupiter
that would shape the future of Inlet Colony; Jamie Stuve; Palm Beach County Commissioner Marino, District 1; Ron
the Jupiter Inlet for generations Delaney, council member Town of Jupiter; Peter De Witt, Bureau of Land Management
to come. As a den mother, she
decided to take her sons’ Cub Scout troop (her scout is now Many people contributed to the success of the Loxahatchee
57 years old) to earn their history badge by visiting Bessie River Historical Society over the years. Gravett expressed
DuBois at her home in DuBois Park. how excited she was to see what the LRHS has grown to
Bessie shared tables and walls full of remarkable historic become. Early on, the U.S. Coast Guard told Gravett that the
artifacts and photographs, and later asked, “What is going to lighthouse was difficult to maintain and happily agreed for
happen to all this?” This was Gravett’s “ah-ha” moment. Active the LRHS have the Oil House as a museum, opening only on
in the Junior Women’s League and other local organizations, Sundays. Gravett told how the mail would come to her at the
she galvanized local community members like Bill and Coast Guard site, addressed to “The Girl at the Lighthouse.”
Judie Wood, Anna Minear, Rose Meyerowitz, Pat Magrogan Palm Beach County Commissioner Marino greeted
and others, to form a group dedicated to the area’s historic the audience and enthusiastically read the proclamation,
preservation and the Loxahatchee Historical Society was born. recognizing the historical society for 50 years of
As the fledgling society took shape, the new organization accomplishments in preservation of the iconic Jupiter Inlet
consulted with museums and individuals such as Judge Knott, Lighthouse and other historic buildings as well as service to
with experience on how to operate and properly protect the
important cultural heritage of the Jupiter Inlet area. In Your Community on page 15

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