Martin Digital History

Printed material: Local History Book Collection

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Printed material: Local History Book Collection

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Mary Van Derlofske

Collection Items

  • This 177 slide PowerPoint presentation on the history of Port Salerno features images and historical information on Port Salerno. Includes timelines of important events and images of boatyards, fish houses, shark fishery, Quigley family, train wreck at the Salerno railroad station (1922), and fishermen at work. Also images of buildings and businesses in Port Salerno post 2000.

    Author John Hennessee converted the last Salerno Fish House (originally C & W Fish Company) into the Fish House Art Center, which hosts visiting artists and a gallery; a restaurant and marina complete the complex.
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  • Indian River : Florida's treasure coast by Walter R. Hellier. Hurricane House Publishers, Coconut Grove, Florida, 1965

    Walter R. Hellier (1889-1973) moved to Jensen Beach with his family in 1903. After a varied career, including working as a engineer to help build the Amphibious Training Center in Ft. Pierce. He served as director of the Florida Historical Society and as member and officer of many Florida historical and arts committees and was a columnist for the Ft. Pierce News-Tribune, writing the "Palmetto Rambler."

    This book chronicles the history of the Indian River and Treasure Coast region. The last half of the book includes memoirs of the author's interests and experiences growing up in the area.

    Names of photographers are not identified; however, the author notes in the text that many were taken by the Florida Photographic Concern.
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  • Originally copyrighted by the Historical Society of Martin County (Stuart, Fla.) in 1975, this third printing (1998) is fully indexed.

    viii, 548 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm.

  • Revised edition. A joint project of: Sun Bank/Treasure Coast and the St. Lucie Historical Society. History written by: Kyle S. Van Landingham. Photographs courtesy of the Harry Hill/Robert U. Gladwin Collection. Copyright 1988 by Kyle S. VanLandingham.

  • Reproduced with the permission of the author's son. Dedicated to Frank A. Wacha Sr.

    An illustrated history of Martin County Log Cabin, which was built in 1936 as a community center, disassembled in 1971, then reassembled in Langford Park, Jensen Beach in 1981. Includes an interview with Peggy Combs, who with her husband Les Combs tagged each log during disassembly and many images of the reassembly process. Also includes a short history of log cabins.
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  • Short memoir of the author's time as postmaster of Hobe Sound, Florida from the late 1920s to the late 1950s.
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  • Profiles : An Appreciation of Martin County Women
    Original drawings by Helen Shea Wells
    Published by the Stuart Area Branch of the American Association of University Women Stuart, Florida, 1976

    Short biographies and histories of prominent women of Martin County.

    • Introduction : THE STATUS OF WOMEN by Helen Shea Wells Martin County's First Feminist : CYNTHIA BURNETT HANEY (1840-1932) by Anne B. Flannery
    • Plantation Creator, Sculptor : CATHERINE FALLIS BACKUS (1863-1955) by Irene E. O'Brien
    • Early Midwife : MARY ELLEN GOODBREAD (1868-1950) by Hazel C. Rich
    • Missionary Society Founder : EMMA MICHAEL KITCHING (1870-1951) by Anne B. Flannery
    • Mother and Daughter with Heart : JESSIE GERTRUDE ROSS RICOU (1870-1934) & ANITA RICOU TILTON by Margaret L. (Molly) Ricou
    • Women Postmasters of Martin County by Leona H. Miles (with a brief biographical insert on Berta Stanley Stuart by Frances Parsons)
    • Early Woman's Club President : AGATHA KICKLITER THOMAS (1876-1937) by Jeanne R. Lord
    • A Quartet of Pioneers : FLORA FRAZIER DYER (1878-1937), VIVIAN BURRELL MAPP, JOSEPHINE KITCHING TAYLOR, & MARY McDONALD HARTMAN (1902-1969) by Anne B. Flannery
    • She Shared Her Gift for Music : FERN McPHERSON RANEY by Derna De Pamphilis
    • Teacher and Church Musician : EDNA WITHAM COUTANT by Helen Shea Wells
    • Pioneer Planter : ROSE SHERIFF LEIGHTON by Alice Auleta
    • An Exception to the Rule : VIRGINIA RANSON FORREST by Jeanne R. Lord
    • College Educator, Author : LUCY WINSOR KILLOUGH by Alice Auleta
    • A Woman of Many Works : MARY LOLENE STOKES by Alice Auleta
    • Smokehouse Sally : SALLY BACKER PETERS by Helen Shea Wells
    • Many Talents, Many Careers : ANITA PARKS MORRISON by Alice Auleta
    • A Friend Indeed : EVA BROWN ROWELL by Derna De Pamphilis
    • A Woman to Bank On : KITTY NASH FIEGER by Helen Shea Wells
    • Enterprising Restaurateur : ETHEL BLACK MARIOTTI POMEROY by Dorothy H. Grimm
    • A Voice Heard Round the World : FRANCES LANGFORD EVINRUDE by Derna De Pamphilis
    • Dynamic Woman : CATHERINE VANDERVEER WALTER by Shirley Rathkopf
    • Fishing Camp Founder : SALLY SKIPWITH JOHNS by Beth Bruce
    • A Humanist in Action : FLORIDA McGEE DAUGHERTY by Helen Shea Wells
    • Dedicated to Black Progress : ORA DELL HAMILTON LANDERS by Alice Kerwin
    • At Home in Two Museums : JANET HUTCHINSON by Virginia S. Burch
    • Careers Unlimited : FRANCES KNIGHT (PARRISH), MARION TSCHISCHECK, ROBERTA CRAWFORD, LOUISE ISAACS, MARJORIE BISHOP, CHARLENE WAXLER by Hazel C. Rich
    • Young Women on the Go for Martin County : SANDRA RANDOLPH, COLLEEN CONANT, VALERIE ADAMS, NANCY MCCLINTIC, MAGGY HURCHALLA by Hazel C. Rich

  • Published in celebration of the centennial anniversary of Martin County.

    Written by Jackie Williams with contributions from The Alfred Miller Family, Julie Preast, Sandra Thurlow, and Jacqui Thurlow Lippisch. Design and production by richworks graphics with contributions from Martin Digital History.

    Includes sections on: Stuart, East Stuart, Port Salerno, New Monrovia, Jensen Beach, Rio, Frances Langford, Sewall's Point, Palm City, Indiantown, Hobe Sound, and Banner Lake.

  • Lagow came to the Fort Pierce area at 14 with her family.

    She describes their housing, activities, and social interactions in the early days. She and her two sisters gathered saw palmetto berries for selling. They were frequently scared by bears and snakes and were constantly plagued by mosquitos and sand fleas.

    She comments on several visitors and people she meets while traveling around the area. The earliest settlers of Fort Pierce, Eden, Edgartown, and Jupiter are mentioned, including the Hogg family, the Hendry family, Thomas Richards, as are several Seminole Indians, including Polly Parker and Tuscanuga.

    In 1879, she married James S. Bell. She mentioned several jobs he had, including as barefoot mailman for a short time, a boat captain, and other jobs.

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