From its beginnings as a bold ITT experiment to its evolution into an incorporated city, Palm Coast has been shaped by a small number of individuals entrusted with ultimate responsibility. This series explores the six leaders whose decisions, vision, and constraints defined each era of the city’s growth. Leadership Before and After Incorporation In its fifty-year history ... | More ...
Arthur E Dycke
Arthur E. Dycke is a longtime educator, author, and one of the foundational historians of the City of Palm Coast. After a career of more than three decades as a teacher, he retired to Palm Coast with his wife, Louise, in the early 1990s. Soon after the city’s incorporation, Dycke began formally documenting its history and, in 2000, was appointed Co-Historian for the City of ... | More ...
The Road We Travel
Roads have always shaped how people move, settle, and imagine the future. From the colonial-era Old King’s Road to the planned streets of modern Palm Coast, transportation routes have reflected vision, ambition, and opportunity across centuries. This article explores how roads—both historic and modern—helped connect people to land, commerce, and community, and how those paths ... | More ...
Jon Netts (1942-2021)
For over 20 years Jon served this community with dedication, knowledge, and vision. He was funny, trustworthy, and always willing to help. His legacy is the City of Palm Coast. You can find more information in the Palm Coast Historical Society. Our community members are donating to the Historical Society in Jon's name. We have decided to have a "Palm Coast" Mural painted ... | More ...
Update: Alice S. Abbott
Alice Scott Abbott organized the first Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Flagler County as well as the first Loyal Temperance Legion. She also gave the first lecture ever given in Florida on Votes For Women at the State Convention held in St. Augustine, November 1893. Sadly Alice died 12 days before the historic election of November 2, 1920. But her legacy lives on. ... | More ...