Martin Digital History

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  • Basketball team.

    Photo from the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Thurlow collection, Florida Cracker Sampler, p. 17.
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  • Pole for outdoor lighting.

    Photo from the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Thurlow collection, Florida Cracker Sampler, p. 49.
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  • Old gas pump from the Texico gas station.

    Photo from the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Thurlow collection, Florida Cracker Sampler, p. 55.
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  • Wooden bridge with tall railing on sides.

    Photo published in the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Thurlow collection, Florida Cracker Sampler (p. 26) and the Stuart News (24 Feb 1976).
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  • White house with porch.

    Photo from the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Thurlow collection, Florida Cracker Sampler, p. 39. Also published in Sandra Thurlow's Stuart on the St. Lucie (p. 82) with the caption: "Augusta and Morris Johns lived in this house on the riverfront during the early years of their marriage when Morris' primary occupation was growing and shipping pineapples. The structure was built as the settlement's first school."
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  • Train station with sign for Hobe Sound.

    Photo taken for the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Florida Cracker Sampler, p. 54.
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  • The restaurant Harry and The Natives (at the corner of Bridge Road and US 1 in Hobe Sound) was first opened in 1941. The name was later changed name to "Harry and the Natives" in 1989.

    Photo taken for the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Florida Cracker Sampler, p. 43.
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  • Filming a scene for the television show, Gentle Ben, featuring a child walking with a black bear.

    Photo from the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Thurlow collection, Florida Cracker Sampler, p. 69.
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  • The Stuart City Band at Palm City during the Cross-State Canal celebration. Includes: 1. Director D.H. Williams, 2. R. Boyne McPherson, 3. Leeson A. Hogarth, 4. George McPherson, 5. Charles A. Porter, 6. J.R. Tucker, 7. John E. Taylor, 8. Mark Witham, 9 G.G. Matchett, 10. Charles W. McPherson, 11. Stuart Noble, 12. Albert P. Krueger, 13. Fred Hancock, 14. Jackson H. McDonald, 15. Daniel Williams, 16. Walter O. Johns, 17. Robert L. McPherson, and 18. Raymond Matchett.

    The Stuart City Band was formed in about 1915, disbanded during WWI, and was reformed in 1920.

    Published in the Stuart News, 25th Historical Edition (9 Nov 1950)
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  • Ad Whiticar arrived in Martin County in about 1917 and was an early charter boat captain, with a fleet of seven boats. His sons continued the Whiticar Boat business for many years.

    Published in the Stuart News (29 Dec 1966). Incorrectly identified in the Florida Cracker Sampler as George Curtis Whiticar.
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