Editor's note: This story was excerpted and edited from an Eliot Kleinberg Florida Times column that originally ran in 2012. We've said it before: In South Florida, where some think nothing happened ...

We've said it before: In South Florida, where some think nothing happened until Henry Flagler showed up, a century is a long, long time. Indeed, the story of the Barefoot Mailman is almost 140 years ...

From 1885 to 1893, "Barefoot Mailmen" delivered mail along a 136-mile route between Palm Beach and Key Biscayne. The journey involved walking 80 miles on foot and traveling 56 miles by boat, taking ...