Florida Historical Marker Details
THE BAREFOOT MAILMAN
City: Boca Raton
County: Palm Beach
Year: 1970
Location: At Spanish River Park, A1A
Along this beach in the 1880's and early 1890's walked United States mailmen on their sixty-six mile journey between Palm Beach and Miami. The trip required three days each way and they passed this spot the second day. They walked barefoot at the wet surf line, the hardest surface, with their mail bags and shoes slung over their shoulders. One of them, James E. Hamilton, drowned trying to cross Hillsborough Inlet.
