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"Frazier family arrived here years ago from Titusville" The Stuart News, 9 Nov. 1950
An account of the arrival of the Frazier family to Martin County. Published in the Stuart News, 9 Nov 1950.Tags Memoirs -
"Stories of Early Stuart Settlers" : Margarette Frazier's story, 1918
An account of the experiences of the Frazier family's arrival in Martin County in 1888, by Margarette Frazier. Published in the Stuart Messenger, 16 May 1918 with the title "Stories of early Stuart settlers, coming down the Indian River on the Frost Line, Reuben Russel Frazier in 1888, the first school, the first church, the first teacher and the first preacher."
Margarette Melissa Dufour (1851–1929), her husband Reuben Russell Frazier (1846–1905) and their three children came to the area in 1888 with a load of lumber and household goods, a horse and wagon, forty chickens, and three beehives.
The article switches from third person, referring to Margarette Frazier as "Mrs. Frazier" in the first half, then switching to first person, in her voice.Tags Memoirs -
Atlantic & Pacific grocery staff, c. 1940
Three grocery store staff at the Atlantic & Pacific grocery store in the Osceola Building. Left to right: Jim Brock, Henry A. Kindred, and unidentified. The A&P occupied this store space between 1933 and 1945. Henry A. Kindred (1885-1969) was manager of the A&P in the Osceola Building from 1935 to about 1944. He later opened another grocery, Kindreds' Superette in 1948, which was a very successful business with multiple locations until the mid-1960s. -
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Boy Scout Jack McDonald with guns, 1916
Young man among trees possibly in a Boy Scout uniform, holding a rifle and a pistol, possibly Jack McDonald. -
Boy Scouts around campfire at Hobe Sound, 1916
Four boys gathered around a campfire at Hobe Sound, 25 Sept 1916. An article in the Stuart News details that the Boy Scouts of Stuart assisted the Babcock service car in getting a car out of the ditch in Hobe Sound. Includes Loris Eurit, Robert McPherson, Leeson Hogarth, and Jack McDonald. -
Boy Scouts rescuing car, 1916
Several young men standing on a car with labels, including "service car," "blacksmith," and "Babcock." Handwritten on back: "After the car was taken out of the ditch, Sept. 25, 1916." An article in the Stuart News (29 Sep 1916) details that the Boy Scouts of Stuart assisted the Babcock Garage service car in getting a car out of the ditch in Hobe Sound. -
Boy Scouts with guns, 1916
Two young men among trees, possibly in Boy Scouts uniforms, holding rifles and pistols. Handwritten on back: Leeson Hogarth and Loris Eurit. -
Boy Scouts with guns, 1916
Two young men among trees, possibly in Boy Scout uniforms, holding rifles and pistols, possibly practicing self defense. Jack McDonald or Leeson Hogarth on left and Loris Eurit on right. -
Brock family, c. 1943
Virginia Dyer Brock (1912-2010) and children Lee Brock (1937-2017) and Jeanne Brock Mills (b. about 1940).