The little beach town of Hobe Sound has quite a few interesting elements you may never have known. Of course, it is well known for Jupiter Island, Home of some of the wealthiest of wealthy choose to live, as well as gorgeous Atlantic Ocean coastline. Delve a little further into the history of the quaint small town and discover what surprises exist!

 Here are 3 interesting facts about beautiful Hobe Sound:

In the early 1900s, Hobe Sound was also known as "Olympia" because the 12,000 acres of the Gomez Spanish Land [land in Hobe Sound granted by Spain to Don Eusebio Gomez for his "services to the crown"] was bought by the Olympia Improvement Corp. with the goal to create a Greek town where movies could be filmed and produced. They built a Greek-style school, installed architectural lamp posts, and named the streets after Greek and Roman gods which still bear them today, like Athena, Olympus, Mars, Apollo, Adonis, Mercury, and Saturn streets, all around Zeus Park on the south side of Bridge Road. The dream ended at the start of the Great Depression in 1929.

2. In 1930, the famous American trapper and hunter, Vincent "Trapper" Nelson, founded "Trapper Nelson's Zoo and Jungle Gardens" in an area of current-day Jonathan Dickinson State Park. He was a strikingly handsome man, and the ladies of Palm Beach loved his company. He opened a private love and filled the zoo with wild animals he captured around the Loxahatchee River to make a living. The zoo became a huge tourist destination, even attracting famous boxer Gene Tunney and actor Gary Cooper. Known as the "Wildman of the Loxahatchee," Trapper also wrestled alligators and cared for local residents' exotic animals. When he died in 1968, the state acquired Trapper's land and today, the Trapper Nelson Interpretive Site is a part of Jonathan Dickinson State Park.

3. Hobe Sound has an appreciation for art with its "Mural Project" headed up by local artist Nadia Utto. Utto and 40 other artists along with the help of dozens of residents and visitors have completed nearly 20 murals around town with more to come. There are 2-hour tours where you can stop and see 17 large murals in the area, or you can pick up a "map of art" from the Chamber of Commerce and do a self-guided tour.