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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Pompano's Claim to Fame

In the mid 1920s, the Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce produced a brochure that extolled the progress and development of Broward County. The most significant features of each municipality within the county was briefly described. As would be expected, agriculture was main emphasis with regard to Pompano:
The raising of beans has been the distinctive feature of Pompano for a number of years, and the prosperity of the community has centered around the bean crops to a large extent. The last two years has seen considerable change in this section and the resources are gradually becoming more diversified.

West of the town, on the rich marl and muck prairies, a thousand acres of beans will be planted this fall and winter, and there will be considerable acreage of peppers, peas, cucumbers, tomatoes and other vegetables.

East of the town the ocean beach section is being developed into beautiful resorts and winter residence sections, with hundreds of thousands of dollars being expended in public and private improvements and buildings.
The complete brochure is available online within the Florida Heritage Collection.


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