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Historical Seeds Of The Gardens

Did You Know? the next 10 years. On Feb. 19, 1889, the winner—though as Juno, the county seat from 1890 to 1900. Juno — since
yet it had no name—was a site near the northern terminus abandoned — was the southern terminus of the “Celestial
In 1888 the for the boat line on Lake Worth. Commissioner Albert M. Railroad” from Jupiter to Juno, and the northern terminus
residents of the Field donated one acre for the courthouse, now the site of the boat and connecting stage coach line to Miami.”
Lake Worth area of the Oakbrook Square shopping center. Field’s wife, Photos and narrative courtesy of the Historical
were displeased with Leahretta C. “Lettie” Field, became postmistress that July Society of Palm Beach County
the treatment they of the newly established Juno Post Office. Juno, Florida (pbchistoryonline.org)
received from the Also in July, Juno became the southern terminus for *****
Dade County seat the Celestial Railroad from Jupiter. Henry Flagler’s much One of the first privately-owned country clubs
at Biscayne Bay larger Florida East Coast Railway drove the small company in Palm Beach Gardens was visited by the rich and
and petitioned for a out of business a few years later and residents convinced
special election to Dade County to convert the former Celestial Railroad bed
choose the location into a county road.
of the county seat for The courthouse, built at a cost of $1,495 and housing
offices, jail cells and a courtroom on the second floor, was
the largest assembly structure in Juno, also serving as a
church, lodge hall and ballroom.
When the county seat returned to Miami in 1899, Juno
lost its purpose. A forest fire in 1907 destroyed the town’s
remaining buildings, and nature quickly reclaimed the
area. A brick cistern was preserved at the Twelve Oaks
subdivision, where the Juno dock stood. Twelve Oaks, as
well as Lost Tree Village and Captain’s Key, on the former
site of Juno, are within the Village of North Palm Beach.
Today, a historical marker located in the Oakbrook
Shopping center reads “About three hundred feet east
of this marker, stood the Dade County Court House at Historical Seeds Of The Gardens on page 7

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