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  • Published in the New York Herald (6 May 1894), page 15 and the Times Union (19 May 1894), page 20 notes the refusal of the US government to grant a post office named "The White City" to the residents of White City, Florida. It details the reasons behind the naming of the city: 1. Louis Pio, the main promoter of the colony, worked there, and 2. the plan was to exclude African Americans from living or working in the community.

  • Curt Emil Schroeder (1872-1946), born in Berlin, Germany, immigrated to Florida to join his uncles, Otto, Ernest, and Albert Stypmann in Stuart in 1893. He kept diaries and later used them as a basis for a series of articles on pioneer life.

    The first article of the series was published January 18, 1945, entitled: "Early Days on the 'Santa Lucia' - First Opening of St. Lucie Inlet." Subsequent articles appeared under the heading "The Early Settlers of St. Lucie River." The articles always appeared on page 4. The series ended without any comment. His articles were published together in a book-length feature in the 25th Anniversary of Martin County edition of The Stuart News on November 9, 1950.

  • Description of the newly renovated Hotel Commodore, in the building formerly occupied by the Peacock Arcade.

    Stuart News, 6 September 1956, p. 4
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  • Two ads, one from the Stuart News (5 Nov 1915) and one full-page ad from the Stuart Times (25 Nov 1916), promoting Lincoln Park "for colored people." Ads describe the amenities of the development, including an Odd Fellow Lodge, two churches, paved streets, public school, and a restaurant. Former mayor Jackson Beauregard McDonald (1863-1948) was the sales manager for the development, which was the only area where African Americans were allowed to buy property.

  • Article: Distinguished citizens of the Treasure Coast. Stuart News, 1 Jan 2000. p. B1-B3

    Short biographies of prominent citizens in Martin and St. Lucie Counties.

    Hubert W. Bessey
    Frances Langford and Ralph Evinrude
    Dennis S. Hudson Sr.
    Maggy Hurchalla
    John Jensen
    A.P. "Bert" Krueger
    Ernest F. Lyons
    Alto "Bud" Adams
    Douglas E. and Mary Austin
    A.E. "Bean" Backus
    Clem C. Benton, M.D.
    Edwin Binney
    Peter P. Cobb
    Gardner Cowles
    Frank and Elliott Mackle
    Charles T. McCarty
    William B. McChesney
    Louis Pio
    Clyde P. Platts, M.D.
    Capt. Thomas E. Richards
    William B. Matheson
    Richard Victor McHardy
    Edwin A. Menninger Sr.
    Vincent James Navitsky
    Dr. Julian D. Parker
    Joseph V. and Permelia Reed; William and Francoise Barstow
    Curt Emil August Schroeder
    Lorene Stokes
    Frank A. Wacha Sr.
    Gertrude Walden
    Ross and Mabel Witham

  • E. P. Simpson, Editor of the Stuart Messenger in 1918, hoped to write the history of Stuart. In preparation he ran a series of articles based on interviews of early settlers. The articles detail life in early Stuart and the people who settled here.

    Simpson was a great promoter of Stuart, and at the time the series was published, was President of the Commercial Club, forerunner of the Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce. Suddenly, on September 3, 1918, E. P. Simpson is replaced by Miss Frances Bouchelle as Editor of the Stuart Messenger and appears as the Associate Editor of the Tropical Sun in West Palm Beach. Simpson submitted the final installments of the series to the Stuart Messenger but retained his interest in Stuart's pioneer history and on June 20, 1919 he published an interview with Katie Hamilton Dyer, Stuart's first school teacher, in the Tropical Sun.

    This collection includes transcriptions of the articles in the Stuart Messenger and a clipping of the Tropical Sun article.


    1. Original Remnant of Florida Seminoles, 4/4/1918 (E.P. Simpson)
    2. Stuart's Pioneers and First Settlers, 4/25/1918 (E.P. Simpson)
    3. When Stuart Started In Trade Boat Days, 5/2/1918 (after an interview with Walter Kitching)
    4. Early Settlers on the St. Lucie River, 5/9/1918 (after an interview with Benjamin Parks)
    5. Stories of Early Settlers, 5/16/18 (after an interview with Magarette Frazier)
    6. The Pioneer Settlers at Sewall's Point, 5/30/1918 (after an interview with Henry Edwin Sewall)
    7. The Oldest Resident Tourist in Stuart, 6/6/1918 (after an interview with William D. McFarland)
    8. Among Early Comers Sailing Indian River, 6/13/1918 (after an interview with Charles E. Guller)
    9. Pineapple Pioneers Who Helped Stuart, 6/20/1918 (after an interview with Robert and Marcia McPherson)
    10. Stuart's First Settlers Liked the Teachers, 6/27/1918, (after an interview with Albert Rudolph Krueger)
    11. Rio-San Lucie Was Re-Named in 1894, 7/4/1918 (after an interview with W.E. Rea)
    12. A Pioneer Cracker Early Stuart Hunter, 7/11/1918 (after an interview with A.D. Fort)
    13. Judge J.B. Adams An Early Settler, 7/18/1918 (after an interview with Judge John B. Adams)
    14. Jupiter Island and Hobe Sound History, 7/25/1918 (after an interview with E.P. Simpson)
    15. Where the Potsdam Depot First Stood, 8/8/1918 (after an interview with R.L. Beville)
    16. First Settlements on St. Lucie River, 8/22/1918 (after an interview with Thomas Jefferson DeSteuben)
    17. Capt. Rea's Wrecks at Gilbert's Bar, 9/5/1918 (after an interview with W.E. Rea)
    18. Settlement of the St. Lucie River, 9/26/1918 (after an interview with Thomas Jefferson DeSteuben)
    19. Settlement of the St. Lucie Continued, 10/3/1918 (after an interview with Thomas Jefferson DeSteuben)
    20. Settlement Stories: Why Horseshoe Bend, 10/24/1918 (after an interview with Thomas Jefferson DeSteuben)
    21. Stuart's First School Teacher Lives in West Palm Beach, 6/20/1919 (after an interview with Katie Hamilton Dyer)

  • Selections from Indian River Pictorial Magazine, issue September/October 1988 (vol. 6, no. 7).

    Special articles written in celebration of the Jensen Beach Centennial.

    Articles:

    • Jensen Beach Celebrates 100 years by Winifred I. Cook
    • Pioneer Families Remember When... by Greg Gander and
    • Big Man, Big Ideas by Winifred I. Cook.
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  • The Jensen Beach Mirror was published between 1961 and 1987 by Richard E. Campbell (1929-2012).

    These scans were created from low quality microfilm made in the 1990s. The originals are located at the Historical Society of Martin County.

    Click here to access the issues on archive.org

    Searching is not available across files. Open one file (usually a year's worth of newspapers) then use the magnifying glass on the left to search the text.

    • Plat of River Forest, from Martin County plat book 1, page 45.
    • Stuart News (16 Feb 1926, p. 1 & 3) "Many citizens" Large event announcing Treasure Hunt
    • Stuart News (1 Mar 1926, p. 2) "Where the Gold" ad for event
    • Stuart News (5 Mar 1926, p. 3) "the Time" ad for event
    • Stuart News (10 Mar 1926, p. 1) "Gold, gold" ad for event
    • Stuart News (12 Mar 1926, p. 2) "How to get there" Directions to event
    • Stuart News (15 Mar 1926, p. 1) "Hundreds are visitors" Review of treasure hunt event
    • Stuart News (3 June 1926, p. 2) "River Forest on the St. Lucie" ad for lots
    • South Florida Developer (20 May 1927, p. 7) "Legal advertisement" Dissolving of partnership of Lyons, Atkin, and Innes
    • Stuart News (19 Mar 1931, p. 2) "Forest fires" Harry Lyons warns of fire, mentions syndicate
    • Stuart News (10 Apr 1958, p. 24) "Legal advertisement" searching for last known officers of River Forest, Inc.
    • Stuart News (30 June 1960, p. 13) "Legal advertisement" Vacating the River Forest plat

  • Published in the Stuart News (29 June 1932). Marion M. McGee (1885-1933) took the office of Sheriff on 1 December 1926, and lost to C.E. Christensen on 9 Nov 1932.
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