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The
Boca
Raton
Historical
Society
was
created
to
preserve
the
artifacts
relating
to
the
history
of
Boca
Raton.
In
Spanish
Boca
Raton
literally
means
rat's
mouth
but
Boca
also
means
inlet
so
a
nicer
meaning
of
the
name
would
be
inlet
mouse.
This
was
a
navigational
reference
to
a
jagged
inlet.
The
first
inhabitants
of
the
area
were
the
Tequesta
Indians.
Henry
Flagler
made
the
area
accessible
to
pioneers
when
he
brought
the
East
Coast
Railway
into
the
area.
In
the
1900's
Japanese
immigrants
farmed
pineapples
in
the
area.
The
town
was
incorporated
in
1925
at
the
height
of
the
Florida
land
boom.
Noted
architect
Adisson
Mizner
turned
his
attention
from
Palm
Beach
when
he
was
hired
by
the
town
to
design
a
world
class
community.
Through
the
years
Boca
Raton
was
a
farming
community
as
people
grew
vegetables,
especially
green
beans.
.
Through
the
1960'[s
the
population
grew
attracting
a
new
state
university
Florida
Atlantic
University.
Today
over
80,000
people
call
Boca
Raton
home.
The
Historical
Society
operates
two
buildings.
The
first
is
the
old
town
hall
built
in
1926
that
used
to
contain
Boca's
police
station,
fire
department,
and
library.
It
was
designed
by
Addison
Mizner.
Today
the
building
contains
a
welcome
center
and
history
museum.
The
Historical
Society
also
operate
the
F.E.C.
Railway
building
which
is
a
restored
1930's
train
depot.
In
addition
to
operating
the
buildings
for
tours
the
Historical
Society
also
conducts
a
wide
array
of
programs
like
lecture,
special
events,
and
walking
tours.
I
am
very
interested
in
the
1.5
hour
walking
tour
of
the
Historic
Boca
Raton
Resort
and
Club
held
on
the
2nd
&
4th
Tuesdays
at
2
PM,
January
through
May,
2019.
The
cost
is
$15.
Like
a
lot
of
historical
places
they
hold
events
during
the
week
but
I
am
going
to
try
and
see
if
I
can
line
it
up
for
when
I
have
off
from
school.
When
I
visited
the
historic
town
hall
there
were
a
group
of
three
homeless
people
occupying
the
front
porch,
one
of
which
was
passed
out.
There
were
even
more
homeless
people
around
the
sidewalk
and
across
the
street
at
the
park.
This
is
something
I
had
never
seen
in
Boca
before.
It
is
sad
to
see
that
some
people
are
not
enjoying
the
affluent
life
style
of
Boca.
We
will
see
how
the
town
writes
the
next
chapter
in
it's
history.