YAMATO COLONY
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NAME: Yamato Colony COUNTY: Palm Beach ROADS: 2WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: Great BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
COMMENTS:
No residents. The area is now a business park. You might find of great interest the Morikami Museum & Gardens: 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach, FL (561)495-0233. The museum has a display for the history of this Japanese farming colony. The townsite area is approximately at the intersection of Yamato Road (Exit of I-95), the RR, and Hwy 1. Little to nothing remains. REMAINS: None |
| One might be surprised to find a link between Japan and Florida that is as old as the early part of the 1900's. Jo Sakai, upon his graduation from the New York University School of Commerce, returned to Japan and organized a group of farmers to travel to the Boca Raton area of Florida and pioneer a farming community. They called it the Yamato Colony. The community fell on troubled times all throughout the early part of the century and by the end of the 20's they started to migrate to other parts of the U.S. or return to Japan. George Morikami, a part of the colony, remained and continued to farm the area. He prospered and near the end of his life donated 200 acres to Palm Beach County and the State of Florida. The history of Yamato is living on through his museum. Submitted by: Mike Woodfin |
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