Martin Digital History

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    • 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 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.

  • Special edition of the Stuart Daily News, 30 Nov 1936, Vol. 11, no. 277. Features photos of the area, descriptions of attractions and opportunities, and ads for local businesses. Articles include:
    Hobe Sound Development is in Forefront
    Florida Taxes are Lightest
    Nature Lovers Reap Benefit of Florida Man's Hobby at McKee Jungle Gardens
    Tournaments Feature the Season at Port Sewall
    Party Halts Inlet Project
    150-mile Waterway is to Open in February, 1937
    Headquarters for Yachtsmen
    Two More Houses Underway at Jupiter Island
    New Log Recreation Lodge in Fourth Street Park

  • Apparently a special edition of the South Florida Developer (vol. 1, no. 1, 21 July 1925). Internal pages are headed "South Florida Developer." The front page details an automobile accident between John E. Taylor and Henry Smith; fictious name of businesses and people are used.

  • 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

  • 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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  • Selection from Indian River Pictorial Magazine, issue September/October 1988 (vol. 6, no. 7). Article titled Stuart's Rediscovered Charm and written by Carol Gwynne Headly.
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