Deerfield was a primitive land when pioneers arrived in the late 1890s. Early farmers battled rattlesnakes and mosquitoes to clear palmetto thickets and scrub oak all in an effort to eke out a living raising pineapples and vegetables in the small southern Florida east coast settlement. In Deerfield Beach: The Land and Its People, meet these early pioneers as well as those who came after and discover their rich stories. From the settlement's humble...
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