South Florida Fair-Yesteryear Village
Learn about Florida’s history in four lively presentations at
Yesteryear Village’s Living History Park West Palm Beach, Fla. —One of the best ways to learn
about Florida’s history is to meet and listen to those who have lived and studied it. That opportunity will be provided at Yesteryear Village-A Living History Park, 9067 Southern Boulevard, when it hosts a lecture series featuring Eliot Kleinberg, Greg Rice, Harvey E. Oyer III, and Judge Nel- son E. Bailey. The four Meet & Greet receptions and presentations will
take place in 2018 on Aug. 25, and Nov. 17, and in 2019 on March 16 and May 11 in Yesteryear Village’s Bink Glis- son Museum. Kleinberg, Rice and Bailey will give two presentations each at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Oyer will do one lecture at 11 a.m. All four include admission to Yesteryear Village from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eliot Kleinberg kicked off the lecture series on Sat., Aug.
25, with “Florida’s Amazing History and Why You Should Care.” During his talk, he addressed a whirlwind tour of 500 years of Florida history, capped with a strong argu- ment that Florida’s biggest challenge is encouraging its transplants to become Floridians. Born in South Florida, Kleinberg has spent nearly four
decades as a reporter, including 31 years at The Palm Beach Post. In addition to covering local news, he also writes extensively about Florida and Florida history. He has written 10 books, all focusing on Florida,
including “Black Cloud,” on the great 1928 Okee- chobee Hurricane; two “Weird Florida” books, and “Palm Beach Past” and “Wicked Palm Beach,” both of them collections of items from “Post Time,” his weekly local history column in the Post. His tenth, “Peace River,” is a historical novel based at the end of the Civil War. He is a member of the Florida, South Florida and Palm Beach County historical societies. Greg Rice will present the second lecture, “Think
BIG! Creative Thinking,” on Nov. 17. Rice is best known as a local advertising legend and Palm Beach County native on television for more than 50 years along with his late twin brother, John. Rice will share his story about growing up in South
Florida, his early business experiences, the lessons he’s learned and his definition of success. He has circled the globe sharing his inspirational Think Big success principles. Harvey E. Oyer III, a fifth generation Floridian, will
present the “Adventures of Charlie Pierce” on March 16, 2019. A descendent from one of the earliest pio- neer families in South Florida, he is the great-great grandson of Captain Hannibal Dillingham Pierce and his wife Margretta Moore Pierce, who in 1872 became one of the first non-Native American fami- lies to settle in Southeast Florida. Oyer is the great- grand nephew of Charlie Pierce, the subject of his book series. Oyer is an attorney in West Palm Beach, a Cam-
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bridge University educated archaeologist, and an avid historian. He served for many years as the chairman of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County and has written or contributed to numerous books and articles about Florida history. Many of the stories contained in his book series have
been passed down through five generations of his family. Oyer has won numerous awards for his “Adventures of Charlie Pierce” children’s book series. The lecture series will conclude on May 11, 2019 with
Nelson E. Bailey, who will present “Crackers, Cows & Curs.” Judge Bailey is a retired Palm Beach County court judge, a long-time Loxahatchee Groves resident and an acclaimed “Florida Cracker Storyteller.” His stories highlight Florida’s rich multi-cultural history
and agricultural roots that seek to preserve the human ac- counts that go with that land. For more than 20 years, Bai- ley told his stories at outdoor events while mounted on his horse (one with Spanish bloodlines that goes back 500 years in Florida), and accompanied by one of his Florida Cur cow-dogs. His horse passed away a couple years ago at age 34 but Bailey still brings one of his dogs to storytell- ing events.
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