Bare Beach
USA /
Florida /
Lake Harbor /
World
/ USA
/ Florida
/ Lake Harbor
World / United States / Florida
village, ghost town
The village of Bare Beach (Some maps marks this as "Little Bare Beach") started in 1916 by Steve and William Hooker of Arcadia, as a place to grow tomatoes. It was named for having a fine, but hard sandy soil, and also unusual in that it had a hardwood hammock for shade. Docks were built to ship the produce to Miami. Rising waters of Lake Okeechobee due to heavy rainfall in 1922 and 1923 put paid to the farming efforts, so the workers slowly left. When the water receded, the sugar companies took over the land, and Bare Beach was no more.
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Forgotten Heroes, by William Wilbanks: Police Officers Killed in Early Florida
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Forgotten Heroes, by William Wilbanks: Police Officers Killed in Early Florida
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 26°43'43"N 80°51'25"W
- Wellington 56 km
- Sunniland 68 km
- Alva 85 km
- Lely Resort Golf and Country Club 112 km
- Pinecrest, Florida 127 km
- Key Biscayne 130 km
- Palmetto Bay, Florida 131 km
- South Venice 161 km
- Islamorada 191 km
- Holmes Rock 199 km
- Torry Island 14 km
- Lake Okeechobee 24 km
- King Ranch - Belle Glade Sod Farm 28 km
- Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area 36 km
- Proposed EEA Reservoir A-1 39 km
- Holey Land Wildlife Management Area 41 km
- Palm Beach County, Florida 41 km
- New Hope Sugar Company 43 km
- Proposed EEA Reservoir B 48 km
- Water Conservation Area 2A 63 km