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| Casino Building at Lake Worth. |
Yesterday when I went back to find the picture of the plastic encased casino chip that I found some years ago, I noticed several photos of Florida East Coast casino photos that I had posted. One that wasn't included was the casino at Lake Worth. The building is still around, but I couldn't find many good historic photos of the building.
Here is a good link on the history of the casino.
History of the Lake Worth Casino (colonyreserve.com)
I find myself "curating" a lot these days. After years of research and writing, I'm gathering and organizing related material. Yesterday I posted photos of the casino tokens I found. I wish I had something like that from old Florida casionos, but I don't.
Here are some of the old East Coast Florida casino photos that I've posted in the past.
I should post all the links for these photos, but if you are really interested, you can find them by going to treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com and doing a keyword search for "casino."
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I don't want to live in a city or anything close to it. I want to be able to walk out my door and see grass and trees, not concrete and a lot of people that I know nothing about as individuals. I'd hate to be surrounded by an artificial, noisy, bustling, concrete, steel and plastic environment. I guess that is just who I am. I'm still a country boy. I don't want a manicured lawn either. I want to see the many wildflowers and let the resident turtles and rabbits do the trimming while hearing the birds in the trees.
So what does that have to do with metal detecting? Actually, I think it is a part of it. You can't metal detect on concrete. When you metal detect, you walk on sand or earth. You might be focused on your task, but as you go, you see and feel the outdoors, the sun or weather, and at the beach, the ocean too. You enjoy nature to one degree or another when you metal detect. You dig into the earth, get hit by waves, feel the sun, wind and rain. Then once in a while you are surprised by a gift from the unknown past. Somebody had been there before. They left a gift to remind you that they were there. The object is a handshake with an invisible hand. They left you a mystery to draw you to them.
The mystery draws you in. What is it? Who owned it? Where are they now? Can you find them and reunite them with the item of their past? You become a part of your surroundings as well as the past.
Treasure hunting at its best is a quiet thoughtful activity. Not only does it take you to another time, but it invites you to explore the quiet depths of yourself.
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If you have information or photos about other historic Florida casinos of the past, let me know.
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Below is a snipping from a MagicSeaWeed.com surf cam showing Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach this morning.
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| Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach. MagicSeaWeed.com |
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| Surf Prediction for Fort Pierce Area Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
Good hunting,