by Marc | Oct 25, 2015 | ARC
WORTHING PARK, 150 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach Robert Donald Worthing was born in 1894 Vermont, and died in 1977. He was the son of Waldo and Anna Worthing In 1990, when Robert was four, they family lived at 23 Pearl St, Montpelier, with his parents Waldo, Anna and...
by Marc | Oct 3, 2015 | ARC
Imagine our town in 1896. Nary a car, infrequent ships making their way to South Florida. Native Americans, Europeans and Islanders all struggling to get by and get along. Obviously the lack of electricity could lead any of us to understand the difficulty living here...
by Marc | Aug 28, 2015 | ARC
Being born on Christmas Day could definitely have affected the Cason family. John Robert Cason was born December 25, 1853 in North Carolina the son of Andrew Cason and Harriett Timmons. Tracking the family through the census records, we can put together a great deal...
by Marc | Aug 22, 2015 | ARC
Our churches and synagogues have played a vital role in our ability to settle and our sense of community we hold so dear here in Delray Beach. Note some of the most historic of religious facilities in our town. • Greater Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church: The...
by Marc | Aug 22, 2015 | ARC
The Orange Grove was one of several areas built by Treasury Department between Cape Canaveral and Cape Florida for rescue and sustenance of shipwrecked. It was named for the wild sour orange grove nearby. The first keeper of the house, H.D. Pierce, arrived with family...
by Marc | Mar 6, 2015 | ARC
Although Delray was not officially our town’s name until 1911, the US Federal census taken in April of 1910 listed Delray as a municipality for the first time. This census is an invaluable tool for understanding our town as it began to grow, representing a nearly...
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