Harlan Page Dye

Harlan P. Dye; source: Pioneer Life, Palm Beach County History OnlineThe official Expedition record states that the party stopped at the "Lake Worth House" kept by Mr. H. P. Dye. This is a reference to the Hotel Lake Worth. Harlan Page Dye was one of the earliest settlers of the Lake Worth/Palm Beach area. He was a New Yorker who first came to the region in 1874, relocating from Jacksonville. In his early years he built boats for passengers and transport between Lake Worth and Jacksonville. He served as assistant keeper of the lighthouse at Jupiter Inlet around 1880. Dye's homestead was on the north end of Lake Worth on the island of Palm Beach. He operated a store that sold groceries and supplies. In 1888, he built the Hotel Lake Worth with sixty-three rooms. Ingraham and party arrived on April 14, after the hotel had been closed for the season. Hotel Lake Worth was the largest hotel there until 1894 when the Hotel Royal Poinciana opened. The hotel burned down in the summer of 1897, and he subsequently operated the Lake Worth Dairy for many years. During the Spanish-American War in 1899, Dye operated a dairy farm in Cuba to supply U.S. troops with milk. He stayed there for four years. Dye later sold his dairy property to the Florida East Coast Hotel Company.

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1892 Everglades Exploration Expedition : Three Digital Texts, 2015