Palm Beach Attractions

 
Palm Beach

The fashionable bathing resort of Palm Beach lies on a long sand island on the Gold Coast, 75 mi. north of Miami. West Palm Beach was originally established to house the large staffs of the hotels and their families. It is now the administrative and business centre of a considerable surrounding area.

History Palm Beach owes its name to a Spanish ship carrying coconuts that ran aground here in 1878. The few inhabitants of what was then an inhospitable stretch of coast planted the coconuts, and in course of time a grove of palms grew up.

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