Peanut Island was originally created in 1918 as a result of material excavated when the Lake Worth Inlet was created. Originally called Inlet Island, Peanut Island amounted to only ten (10) acres. By 1923 the Port was using the island as a spoil site for the maintenance of the inlet and the Port shipping channel. The Port sold the northern half of the island in 1991 to the Florida Inland Navigation District as a spoil site for the Intracoastal Waterway maintenance dredging.
Today, as a result of continued maintenance dredging of the inlet and the Intracoastal Waterway, Peanut Island comprises approximately eighty (80) acres. The primary use of the island will continue as a spoil site but the Port Authority and FIND have generously made the perimeter of the island available to the public as a park through a long-term arrangement with Palm Beach County.
The name Peanut was given to the island when the State gave permission for use of the island as a terminal for shipping peanut oil. Plans for this enterprise were abandoned in 1946, but the name was retained.
An atomic bomb bunker was built on the island for President John F. Kennedy in 1961, where he would have a place to go in case of a nuclear attack. JFK visited the bunker on a few occasions to tour the bunker with then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
Experiences by FGT
* Darlene, while sitting at the monitor (second floor), had someone or something move the chair (with her in it)
twice.
* Shaun and Jonathan heard an audible long heavy breath in the basement and heard what sounded like
footsteps on the small steps in the basement as well. Also, on the second floor, Shaun and Jonathan
experienced cold swirling air on the second floor.
* Scottie, Agim and Christine heard footsteps on the third floor.
* Bed shook while Patty sat on it (second floor bedroom)
* Unexplained noises in the barricks room
* Knocks on the night stand in one of the second floor bedrooms
* All experienced shadowy forms in different locations in the house.
*Eerie feelings throughout the old house
