1 10 12 https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/files/original/3f6db1ac69e1ba445c240e67ea93407b.pdf 1dbe328ba2a7f00bcd9ea20300838400 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memoirs & Oral histories Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SHM-2025-042-011 2025.042 Title A name given to the resource Ashley family, by Sandra Mario Provence, c. 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Stuart Heritage Museum Thumbdrive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010-2019 2010s Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1 page PDF Description An account of the resource Short memoir of growing up with the Ashley family by John Ashley's great niece. Sandra Mario Provence's grandmother was John Ashley's sister. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Scan gift of the Stuart Heritage Museum. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <b>No Copyright - In the United States:</b> The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. 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Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Diary of Mrs. (Wilhelmina) Frank H. Shuflin Sr., 1913 through 1918 Subject The topic of the resource Shuflin, Wilhelmina Miranda, 1878-1953 Description An account of the resource Historical note: Wilhelmina Ernestina "Minnie" Miranda Shuflin (1878-1953), born in Ohio, married Frank Shuflin in 1896. She, her husband, and five children (Earl, Adah, Frank, John, and Sarah Ruth) arrived in Jupiter in 1913. Between 1920 and 1930, the family moved to Miami, where Wilhelmina taught in the public school. She continued to live there after her husband died in 1934. Scope note: Brief weekly descriptions of activities, including visits in West Palm Beach and Hobe Sound. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilhelmina Miranda Shuflin (1878-1953) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Scan gift of the Stuart Heritage Museum. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-1918 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Stuart Heritage Museum Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <b>No Copyright - In the United States:</b> The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. 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Title A name given to the resource Memoirs & Oral histories Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document It was in the closing hour of a Florida conference in 1892 that appointments were being read; there was a tenseness, a feeling of excitement, and all else that goes with that unique scene in Methodism when the ministers receive; their appointments to their fields of service for the coming year. A young preacher was in that gathering who was just closing his first two years as a member of the Florida Conference, and when he received his appointment it proved a disappointment, for he was assigned to Indian River, and having heard something of the nature of the work ahead of him he realized that his hopes of a little home-nest would not be carried out; he realized that he was going to a work of hardship and misery. Then, looking around him, he was the leading pastor of the conference, the pastor of the First Church of Jacksonville, with his hands before his face and tears trickling through his fingers on receiving his appointment, and the young minister thought: “When a leading pastor has just received such a disappointment, surely I, who am just a young boy starting out can bear a little disappointment also.” We arrived at Brantley on Indian River about nine o’clock on a very dark night, and the lights of the ship lit up the dark shadows and disclosed some dozen or more negroes, on the wharf, and as we stepped off the boat they chattered and shuffled back and forth. The young preacher asked them if they knew Mr____. They said yes, and that he was playing cards with his neighbors next door. When the young preacher reached the house he was furnished with a little cot in the attic. The next morning he inquired if there was a boarding house, or some place to spend Sunday; he was informed there was no boarding house. He then inquired if there were any Methodists who could entertain the preacher, but was informed there were none. “Well where am I to stay?” was the inquiry. “Stay here,” was the reply, “you can stay with the cook, as I am going off on the steamer.” Well, that Sunday morning we went out to the church building, the only church building within 90 miles up and down this coast,—a little box-like house, no doors or windows, no pews; the congregation had a little board about six inches wide running around the building which was their pew and that was all, and there we held our first service. We decided to make provision for a boarding house and a place to stay at the next place, and wrote ahead for them. When we arrived at Sebastian the wind was blowing, and we hoped they would have our room prepared, but we were informed that someone had said we would not be there until the next Saturday night, and although we said we had written we would be there at that time they insisted they had not expected us until the next Saturday. We were finally put in a loft over a store about 48×70 ft., lit by dim ship lanterns, and as I looked around I could see about a dozen cots occupied by strangers; the wind blew against the window-panes and howled around the building all that night. The next morning we set out and walked up the beach. It was hard to find any sign of a residence, only here and there a shack. After breakfast we inquired how many inhabitants were living there, and were informed there were about 75. Back in the woods, about three-quarters of a mile, over a little-traveled footpath, we found a little house, which seemed to me the prettiest place I had ever seen. The door on the front porch was open, and the linen was white and everything inside was neat and clean. I thought: “If I can stay here I am sure going to stay”. A lady came to the door with smiling face. “Is that you, Brother Blackburn” she asked, and her voice sounded like sweetest music to my ears. You will never know what it means to be called “Brother” until you have been far away from home among strangers. Not until then will you know what it means to have someone take you by the hand and call you brother. In that little community we found four church members, one man and three women. We got the use of an old mule stable, without any floor, which we used for a short time, until someone bought the ground on which it stood and turned us out of doors. We then got the use of another old building, until an infidel lecturer came to town and we had to give that up. We then received the use of a merchant’s parlor, but it was a pretty hard thing to hold service there. There were crowds of people walking in and out of the store and noisy crews out on the street. They were building the F E C railroad, and the railroad gangs were hanging around, and Indians and negroes.” The condition was unbearable, and one night we said: “We’ve just got to have a church, but how are we going to get the money to start it?” “I’ll give $10.00″ said our hostess. “I’ll write home and get another $10.00 from across the seas.” I said. “And I’ll add $15.00 in work,” said her husband. Well, we wrote to everyone we knew that we thought would be interested, and in about thirty days we had $140.00 to erect a little frame building. The first Sunday we held services we had a roof on one side, and the floor boards loosely laid down, the pulpit made of a piece of two by four lumber and a piece of weather boarding, and although it was unsightly and unfinished I suppose we were as proud as any folks ever were in a new building. I remember an interesting incident of the service: when I opened the doors of the church and inquired if anyone desired to come forward two young ladies came. I repeated the invitation and looked over the crowd and a young man got up and said “Do you mean me”. “Yes, if you want to,” I replied. “Well, I guess I’ll wait till next time,” was the answer. We went on to our next appointment at Fort Pierce, which in those days was named Edgar town. I was met at the wharf by a good Baptist and he took me to the home of the saloon keeper of the community. I remember one Sunday evening as we were singing with his wife and daughter the saloon keeper came into the room and took hold of a hymnal and asked us to sing “The Ninety and Nine”. He realized that he was outside the fold, and yet he had a warm appreciation of God’s servant and opened his home to him. A mishap in a wedding resulted in a church being organized at Stuart. It happened in this way: I was invited to go down to Stuart to officiate at a wedding, but we found on our arrival that the license had been secured in the wrong county. The couple lived in Dade county and the license had been secured in Brevard county. With the slow mode of transportation in those days it would have taken a week to secure another license, so the wedding was postponed for thirty days. They weren’t in such a hurry in those days. We took the occasion, however, to hold a service, which was the first on Saint Lucie river. A Sunday School was then organized, and later a Church organized and a church building erected. The 1895 Church of Stuart - historic building in Downtown Stuart, Martin County, Florida; art studio and gallery on the Treasure Coast. Supporting our local artists and the community's heritage. On the Lake Worth Division of the circuit, Rev. M. F. Dukes was pastor, and we united in our quarterly conferences. On our first quarterly conference we took an interesting trip going by boat and train and boat from Jupiter to Juno on a load of lumber, and paid 75c for a seat on a load of lumber,—a little over ten cents a mile for a seat. After a stormy journey on a little boat down the lake we held the quarterly conference the next day with nine men present in the congregation and a collection taken of nine silver dollars. The service was held in a school house near the site where the Royal Poinciana stands today. It was only a few months after this that a tragedy took, place in the home of Rev. Dukes. I received a message that the bride had died, and before I could arrive there on a steam-boat I found the poor woman had been laid away under the palmettoes on the beach, with no burial service. There was no minister of the gospel to speak a word of comfort to that bereaved man, no song, no prayer,—he laid her away in the sands there on the sea-shore. Just as he was about to leave a young Presbyterian ministerial student came along and pronounced the benediction. Those were trying times,-trying to preach and build up the Kingdom of God back in 1893. It was in 1898 here in Miami that we got the most thrills and throbs. Being sent here to organize a church we did not receive a very cordial welcome. The Presbyterian minister Dr. Faris, advised against our coming in, and said it was no use to try to organize, and Doctor J. M. Jackson talked to me for half an hour and said there was no opening for our church at that time. One minister, I won’t mention of what denomination he was, shook his fist in my face and said “I’ll fight you to the end”. This was not a very promising prospect for a young preacher trying to start a new enterprise. It was three months before we organized with 15 members and –enjoyed the hospitality of the Presbyterian tabernacle on Miami Ave. We then rented a building on Miami Ave. There were people living upstairs of the room in which we held services, and sometimes the children would play and drag their toys across the floor and make all kinds of noise while we held services, but our little organization of 15 members looked for brighter days. A few weeks after our organization we erected a modest little parsonage on the lot where Trinity now stands. It was built by a plumber, a tinner and a preacher. The roof was so steep “it would split a rain-drop” it was said. Shortly after we moved in the government sent down 8,000 soldiers during the Spanish-American war, who camped round our little building. They were Louisiana boys, and some of them were called “New Orleans Wharf rats”, and made conditions such that a visiting brother said it was “like living in hell”. After the soldiers left we thought perhaps the prospects of holding services successfully would become brighter, and then the yellow fever broke out. We were shut in by the quarantine. I don’t know whether any of you have ever experienced such a thing; day after day we were shut in from the outside world. I remember one pathetic incident when all the mourners rode bicycles except the immediate family, as it was thought carriages covered germs; the hearse was a little funny furniture wagon. However, shortly after this the Church Extension board came to our assistance with a thousand dollars, which enabled us to put up a shell of a church. One day I stepped into the building and I saw one of the workmen coming out from behind the nail kegs. It was the noon hour, and that workman had been spending his lunch period in prayer for our building. I sometimes wonder if the prosperity that has come to Trinity, and the beautiful spirit of that first church that has mothered eight other organizations around about Miami was hot born in that workman’s prayer behind those nail kegs that day. The contractor and foreman on the building, who was not a very religious man, but who had read a book on the wonderful answers to prayer, said at a time of financial despondency; and when there was a prospect of shutting down the works, “Why don’t you ask God for the money, as it is His enterprise?” Where we had 15 members in Miami in those days to begin with we now have 7,000, and whereas we had 16 members on Indian River and about 12 on Lake Worth we now have over 6,000 in all that territory, and the one church at Sebastian has increased to about 30 churches on Indian River and Lake Worth. It is almost impossible to realize the transformation from the smoke-screened services (when we had to burn smoke-smudge for the mosquitoes) in those little shacks, to those beautiful buildings -Trinity, Holleman Park, Hollywood, Fort Pierce and Miami Beach, as well as others. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pioneering On East Coast of Florida By Rev. C. Fred Blackburn Subject The topic of the resource Churches Clergy Description An account of the resource Rev Charles Fred Blackburn (1868-1944) was a "circuit rider," clergy who traveled through sparsely inhabited regions, serving the Indian River-Lake Worth mission for many years. He later became superintendent of West Palm Beach District of Methodist Churches. In this pamphlet, he details visits to the towns of Brantley, Sebastian, Fort Pierce (then called Edgartown), Stuart, Lake Worth, Juno, and Miami. Blackburn led church services in a number of towns despite lack of adequate housing or church buildings. In Sebastian, he led the building of a new church. In Stuart, he went to officiated at the wedding of William J. Dyer and Kate Hamilton, only to find the marriage license was for the wrong county. He later established the Methodist Church in Stuart. Later in Miami, he faced conflict with other denominations and they were quarantined due to yellow fever. Embossed with stamp "From the Library of Rev RJ Gisler, Methodist minister" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Blackburn, Charles Fred, 1868-1944 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Scan gift of Josephine Paradise and the Taylor-Ashley Agency. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1935 1930-1939 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Josephine Paradise Box B-4-2 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <b>No Copyright - In the United States:</b> The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 pages Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JP-2025-035-blackburn-001 2025.035 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Florida-Stuart Clergy https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/files/original/fe3bcdfa819afeb647a79cdacbb357fd.pdf e5cb78ab6f640d7aab922dba1eb33d08 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memoirs & Oral histories Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I, Curd Emil August Schroeder, son of the Merchant Emil Schroeder, Berlin, was born on July 4th.1872. My parents left Berlin in April 1879 and moved to Neubrandenburg (Mecklenburg Strelitz) There I went to High School from the grade "Nona to Secunda,", left School and went to the city of Stettin to learn the trade as a merchant. I started my apprenticeship April 1st 1891) until February 15th.1893 with the Firm Decaters Citrus, Wine and Coffee Specials. But, as I noticed. That I did not enjoy my profession which I choose, I planned to fulfill my dreams which I had since boyhood - to go to America. My parents gradually consoled themselves with my plans, and my departure was set to take place April 16th 1893. I left Berlin April 14th accompanied by my second sister HELEN (I have five brothers and sisters) with the night express train to Hamburg. We arrived there 6 a.m. And refreshed ourselves with coffee etc and then looked for the Office of the Hamburg. America Line (H.A.P.A. G, where we settled the matters for my voyage. From there we returned to our quarters, straightened out the luggage, and visited our cousin Hedwig Parpart, who had a position as a teacher in Wilhelmsburg. After a long search and a very strenuous hike we arrived there. Cousin Hedwig did not recognize us right away, but was very glad to see us. I also met cousin Otto in the evening. Sunday, April 16th we went into the city Hamburg, where I changed my money into American currency. At noon we went to the “American Quai", where we said our last "Farewell”, and then I boarded the Steamer "Suevia". At 4 p.m. the anchors were lifted and we sailed amidst the cheering of the 1000 "hurrahs" and the blowing of the ships siren out of the Hamburg harbor. I had a ticket for steerage, but in the evening I talked to the first carpenter of the ship Mr. Brand, who offered me a place in his cabin for the sum of 35 Marks. Through this I really had a very lucky break. It gave me my own featherbed and excellent food, so that I did not regret spending the 35 Marks. During the night we passed "Cuxhafen" where the pilot left our boat. The brilliant glowing lights there were a wonderful sight. After a good nights sleep I awoke; next morning and after a good breakfast l went on the deck. What a horrible sight. Ever so many people were laying or sitting around, not caring whether lived or died. The sea was very rough, the fair winds were blowing, so that the sails were opened up. These poor people on deck suffered from the worst stage of sea. sickness. This kind of sickness really is a pitiful sight. I had no sign of this sickness during the whole trip. We reached the coast of France on April 18th at noon.and all alomg from morning till noon the coast appeared to be very steep, falling into the sea. With two young passengers, whose acquaintance I had made on the boat, Sigismund Wolf from Hamburg & Rudolf Gudkowsky from Jueterbock, undertook a little excursion through Havre. We rented a cab and drove through the harbortown and the nearest surroundings. Havre is beautifully located, the mountains climbing from the water like terraces. In a Summer Restaurant near Havre we treated ourselves to a few bottles of Claret and drove then back to the city, played a few games of billiard in a Cafe and then returned to the “Suevia". After supper, the three of us as the only passengers from "Steerage “received as a special favor the permit to leave the boat again until 10 o'clock p.m. On our way back we got lost, but we were lucky to meet the same policeman, whom we had met already at noon, and he showed us the shortest way to the steamer. We had promised the good man a tip, but with the famous citation of Schiller “That man did his duty, now he may leave"" we boarded the ship. At 12 o'clock midnight the anchors were lifted, and the vessel took its course into the ever churning waves of the sea towards the land of our youthful dreams.—The remaining 12 days passed according to schedule. During the day we often sat on deck, fooling around with the young girls, and evenings we played our¼ penny "Skat". (Oh, what a wonderful game, which is not appreciated by the Americans.) Several hours of the day we spent with "the Kueper" who filled our glasses obediently at our slightest motion, so the time passed very quickly. Several times, when the sea was calm, we danced to the music of an accordion by the shine of the silvery moon. On Saturday the 22nd. and Sunday April 23rd we had a terrific storm with a very high sea. Monday at 12.30 a.m. they lowered the anchors and we were laying in the outer harbor of Hoboken. Monday morning all those on board had to be examined by the "Health Officials" consisting of three doctors. After this was done, anchors were lifted and we proceeded into the harbor of Hoboken/ Here we disembarked and our luggage was examined. Then we boarded another steamer, who brought us to Ellis Island, where we were booked after much questioning. Here Uncle Paul was waiting for me and we crossed the East river to New York. We took the Elevated Railroad to the station nearest to Sixth Street. We got off and walked to his home at 310 East 6th Street. I only met the aunt in the afternoon and stayed in the Metropolis sixteen days. Many things were new to me, but I had pictured this World City much different. On the first day I wandered around, looking at the new things, visited the "Central Park'' and the "Zoo". On May 13th Uncle Paul took me to a large Book Store on Ave. A #52 owned by Edward H. Tamsen. But as I was not fond of being a store clerk, I left that place on Monday May 15th, packed my things and bought a ticket to Titusville, Florida. The Steamer left at 3 p.m. towards the South. The name of the steamer was Algonquin", a much smaller vessel than the German boat. The ticket was for Second Class; two young Englishmen shared the cabin with me. It was not easy for me to converse with them, as l knew very little English. The voyage was calm and pleasant, the food good. On Friday May 18th, seven o’clock in the morning we reached Charleston. The two Englishman and I took a stroll through that city. At twelve o’clock we left the Harbor and arrived at Jacksonville on Saturday at 11 a.m. I took a cab to the station and had to wait one hour for my train, which left at 12 noon for Titusville, arriving there at 7 p.m. As I had heard, that there was no direct connection with the steamer, I took quarters at the Grand View Hotel. There I stayed till Monday afternoon and without realizing, had spent the Pentacost Holidays in my room. Titusville is a small village having only a population of six hundred, and it was >1ard to kill time. Monday afternoon I sailed on the Steamer "Sebastian" down the Indian River towards “Sewalls Point.” Mr. Sewall from Sewalls Point was also aboard and took care of me in Jensen, where he met a Mr. Steuben. He asked him to take me to Mr. Stypmann. So I left the steamer in Jensen with my suitcase and plaid. Mr. Steuben took me through a field, which seemed to be overgrown with thistles and cactusses. I became fearful of poisoning, because the sharp stickers often penetrated my skin. For two miles we walked in silence through the woods. With much difficulty and hardship, due to my heavy luggage, we reached the St. Lucie River after three and a quarter of an hour. There he took me across by rowboat, and we went to the Post Office ,where I met many new faces, as it was mailday and the mail had just arrived Mr. Steuben introduced me, I made the mistake greeting Uncle Ernst as Uncle Otto, but he put me right and introduced me to Uncle Otto. After distribution of the mail we went for supper, when I met Aunt Mary. Henry and Cousin Francis I had already met in the Post Office. Soon after I heard from Uncle Otto that the before mentioned Mr. Steuben was none less than Baron Thomas von Steuben, and through marriage to Uncle Albert's daughter was also my Cousin, The following day Cousin Henry and I took a trip on the 11Gypsy11 to Sewall’s Point to get my trunk. On the way I relished with much reverence my first pineapple. Soon we reached Sewall’s Point, put my trunk in the boat, and as-the wind was tempting, we took a short sail to the Ocean, which is connected with the Indian River through the St. Lucie Inlet. It was to bad we could not land at the Inlet, because it was low tide. We postponed our landing for another day, turned the bow of the "Gypsy" north towards home. The next few days passed by without any special events; I learned to make orates and this business took up all my time. Evenings Cousin Heinz and I often went out to shoot the hares, who always chewed up the young plantings. The Hares here in Florida are not longer than a common rabbit. White people do not eat them, but the colored people ea.t them with pleasure. In the middle of May we made a trip to Sewall’s Point with the 11Dora'\a sloop of 14 tons-36 X 12 feet, which belonged to the uncles and they had built themselves. The purpose of our excursion was to pick up the makings and parts for 300 crates, along ca.me Uncle Ernst, Mitchell, Henry and I. It was a very hot day. At the Point I met a Mr. Krueger, who was born in Berlin, and also picked up slats for his crates. At the end of May Mr. McCleod, Mitchell, Lawrence ,George McPharron, Henry Brucker, Heinz and I made a pleasure trip to the Ocean Beach; each one of us armed with shooting gun, to search for turtle eggs. We sailed on Saturday at three o'clock from Potsdam and anchored at five o'clock at the lnlet, about 500 feet from the Ocean. After the boat was anchored and fixed, everybody took his shooting iron and quickly we started on our adventure. We went first on the Western shore for about three miles and found a nest with about 130 eggs. One has to admire the skill of these powerful and heavy colosses; the way they build their nests. They climb about 30 to 60 yards high up on the beach and dig themsel.res a hole about 1½ to 2 feet deep and 1 foot in diameter, where they lay their eggs and cover them again with one foot deep sand. The egg is about the size of the small Russian chicken egg, and is not oval but round; the skin is not hard but soft and very hard to tear, like a plastic covering. The contents a.re the same as in a chicken egg, white and yellow; the white is not eatable, it has a strong ''moschus" flavor, but the yellow tastes delicious boiled. We returned from our excursion at 8 p.m., prepared our supper at a campfire and in a jolly mood we enjoyed our meal. After a while the mosquitos and sandflies began to appear and we went into the cabin of good old "Dora”, put up the mosquito screen and enjoyed a smoke. We decided to make the same trip again at 11 o’clock, to catch one of the turtles, but we did not get to do it, as everybody was very tired. I awoke the next morning after a marvelously restful sleep. A great calm prevailed, I reached for my gun and crawled out of the mosquito bar. Outside on a sandbank, about hundred yards away sat hundreds of sea birds; I took aim and fired. There was much screeching and fluttering on the sandbank, a lot of hollering on deck and in the cabin of the boat on account of the too early disturbed sleep. None of the others had much sleep due to heat. The mosquitos and the hard floor of the cabin, and they had only dozed off towards morning. All were angry and I laughed myself sick, which made them still angrier. Soon after we prepared breakfast. Afterwards George, Henry, Heinz and I covered the Eastern shore, while the others searched the western coast. We found nothing but often had the chance to take a shot at the Sea. Eagles and pelicans, but due the long distance we hit nothing. Towards noon we returned after a. hike of about six miles; the other party who had found another nest with 80 eggs, had already arrived. Anchors were lifted and sails hoisted and we were homeward bound, where we arrived a.t two o’clock, dead tired and half starved. For eight days afterward my feet were swollen and sore, as i had walked barefeet both days. The days passed by one after the other as we had plenty of work. We picked and packed on Mondays, Wednesday and Friday. The other days were used for shipping etc. There were three colored men, Kaller, Uncle, Heinz and myself who worked. In the evening my pleasures were to hunt rabbits or fishing; the latter I enjoyed most. The Fourth of July was celebrated by us as good patriots- At the end of September we had a very strong hurricane, which caused a lot of damage in the neighborhood. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Curt E. Schroeder's short review : A memoir of his earliest days in Stuart Description An account of the resource Curd Emil August Schroeder (1872-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, Curd Schroeder apprenticed as a merchant before fulfilling his dream of emigrating to America in 1893. Sailing from Hamburg aboard the Suevia, he arrived at Ellis Island and briefly stayed with relatives in New York before traveling south to Florida. Settling near Sewall’s Point and Jensen, he joined his uncles in the pineapple and crating business along the St. Lucie River. His memoir vividly describes his Atlantic voyage, early impressions of America, and daily life in pioneer Florida—hunting, fishing, sailing, and surviving storms in a developing tropical frontier. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Curt Emil Schroeder (1872-1946) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Scan gift of the Stuart Heritage Museum. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Stuart News (Stuart, Fla.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Stuart Heritage Museum Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <b>No Copyright - In the United States:</b> The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. 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Title A name given to the resource Memoirs & Oral histories Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Growing up at the Stuart Hotel : The youth of Robert Emerson Clark by Carole Lovett Koontz Subject The topic of the resource Autobiographies Clark, Robert Emerson, 1914-2014 Stuart Hotel (Stuart, Fla.) Description An account of the resource The Stuart Hotel, once a central landmark in Stuart, Florida, was owned and operated by Emerson and Mae Clark in the 1920s and early 1930s. Their son, Robert “Bob” Clark, grew up there and later shared detailed memories of life in the town’s early days—Florida’s land boom, segregation, hurricanes, tourism, and small-town life along the St. Lucie River. His recollections offer a vivid portrait of childhood, community, and change in early 20th-century Florida. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Koontz, Carole Lovett Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Scan gift of the Stuart Heritage Museum. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Printed at Newark, Ohio Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Stuart Heritage Museum Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <b>In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable </b> The Martin County Library System believes this Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memoirs & Oral histories Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Text Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Diary of Margaret Peck Johnson boating down the Indian River and in White City, 1894 Subject The topic of the resource Autobiographies Johnson, Margaret Peck, 1864-1935 Boats Frontier and pioneer life Description An account of the resource Diary of Margaret Peck Johnson (1864-1935), made during her boat travel on the Indian River and in White City in 1894. Margaret, her husband (William T. Johnson), two children (Pearl and Sallie) take a boat from Cocoa, Florida down the Indian River to the St. Lucie Inlet, then west and north up the St. Lucie River to White City, Florida. They are accompanied by another couple, Calvin and Minnie Coutant, from Cocoa to Fort Pierce. The first 28 pages (14 Jan 1894-23 Feb 1894) of the diary details the fish and game caught along the river and meals cooked, activities, people met, and towns visited, including a stop in Fort Pierce where the men helped Willie's father build a store for several days. Comments on the flora, including flowers, ferns, and orchids are made throughout. The diary then details the family's lives settling in the newly established planned community of The White City (23 Feb 1894-12 March 1894). The family purchased two lots and there are several mentions of how nice Col. Myers was to them and activities in the community. The White City settlement was established in 1893 by Louis Albert Francois Pio (14 December 1841 – 27 June 1894). Pio was one of the founders of the Danish Social Democratic Party in Denmark. He fled to America because of persecution, and he and several other Danes attempted to establish a socialist Utopian colony in Kansas, but it failed. He then had many jobs in America, including as a journalist and editor, and also managing the Florida Exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. At the fair, he met railroad tycoon Henry Flagler, who convinced him to promote a new town along the rail lines. Pio wrote pamphlets, articles, and placed ads about the community, targeted toward the Danish. The settlement was named "The White City" (although the U.S. post office refused to recognize the article "The" as part of the name in 1894) for two reasons: One, in commemoration of the World's Fair (the main street was also "Midway Road" for the same reason), and two, because the company would not sell land to Black people or employ them in any way. ("Florida's White City," The Sun, New York, 6 May 1894, p. 15) Pio died in June 1894, soon after the community is established. [The "Mr. Peer" mentioned in the diary may refer to Pio.] Soon after, Col. Myers absconded with the community's funds. Settlers were left destitute, and then faced a "Great Freeze" in winter 1894-1895, which killed most of the crops. It took several years for residents to recover. It is unknown if the Thompson family experienced any of this hardship. However, they were back in Alabama for the 1900 Federal census. It is unknown if this is an excerpt from a much longer diary. There is a note on the last page that it was given to Margaret's daughter Sallie B. Johnson in Jan 1902. Diary was donated in 1871 to HSMC by Mary E. Cates in memory of her grandmother Margaret Johnson (the diary author) and the two little girls mentioned in the diary (Sallie was Cates' mother), and by the generosity of her first cousin, Wilburn McAlister (Pearl's son), who had the original diary for many years. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Margaret Peck Johnson (1864-1935) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Scan gift of the Historical Society of Martin County. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Historical Society of Martin County Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <b>No Copyright - In the United States:</b> The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 36 pages Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2025.023 HSMC 2013.37 HSMC 8799 HSMC-2025-023-Peck_diary Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Florida-Indian River Florida-White City Memoirs https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/files/original/9a3d54b308517c20b2ea9669f9fa7290.pdf 5e95da20b7dd5895877c76528d65e93a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memoirs & Oral histories Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph Lark Priest (1860-1938) Memoirs, 1933 Subject The topic of the resource Priest, Joseph Lark, 1860-1938 Autobiographies Frontier and pioneer life Description An account of the resource Details Priest's experiences in Florida from about 1868, when he and his family moved to Titusville. The family lived in several places in Volusia County, including Cook's Ferry near Lake Haney and near Ormond, with his father usually earning a living by lumbering. Encounters with bears, boars, alligators, and swarms of bees are detailed. Also discusses the regular abuse of Seminoles he had seen, and details the experiences of Coekeechee, son of Osceola. Includes the story of Augustus Oswald Lang (1835–1873), who married Priest's oldest sister, Susan (1856-1918). He first opened the Lake Worth inlet to the sea, and later was murdered by friends who wanted his land. p. 2 Foreword by Marty Baum p. 3 Autobiography of Joseph Lark Priest : A Florida Pioneer p. 38 Descendants of Dugal Priest p. 40 Index of names p. 41 Index of topics p. 50 Photocopies of photographs of the Priest family Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph Lark Priest (1860-1938) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Scan gift of the Historical Society of Martin County. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1933 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Historical Society of Martin County Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 55 page PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2025.023 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Florida Memoirs https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/files/original/e344456223b7e49110b9de160bedaea5.pdf 6a81bb8175af0e5e58de9e20937247df Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memoirs & Oral histories Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource W.B. Tilton and the establishment of Martin County, by grandson Warner R. Wacha Subject The topic of the resource Prohibition Description An account of the resource Warner Belknap Tilton Sr. (1896-1984) was a significant figure in the establishment of Martin County. This is a story he told his grandson, Warner, about his efforts on behalf of the county. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Warner R. Wacha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Scan gift of Warner R. Wacha. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2025 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Warner R. Wacha Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1 p. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2025.018 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Florida-Martin County https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/files/original/2fa5ceaba649d41ecfff06cad2376611.pdf e93054f8f11949bc2d363f391bdcba01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memoirs & Oral histories Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Short history of White City, by Nils Wilhelm "Bill" Jorgensen, c. 1975 Subject The topic of the resource Jorgensen, Nils Wilhelm, 1896-1977 Frontier and pioneer life Description An account of the resource Nils Wilhelm "Bill" Jorgensen (1896-1977) was the first child born to the Danish community that settled White City (named for a section of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair exhibition), a settlement south of Fort Pierce. He was frequently interviewed and gave presentations on White City history. Page 11 is missing. This short history details the settling of White City by a group of Danes from Nebraska and presents several humorous stories of resident escapades. It includes stories of interactions with Indians; descriptions of wood cutting and home building; details of social interactions and "tall tales" told at the country store; gator hunting techniques; clearing hyacinths from canals; agricultural activities, including pineapple crops failing due to lack of potash, and planting the first citrus grove in the area. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gift of Stuart Heritage Museum. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970-1979 1970s Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Stuart Heritage Museum Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <b>In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable </b> The Martin County Library System believes this Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For more information, visit <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-RUU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 17 p. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2024.048 SHM 1990.14.06 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Florida-White City Oral history https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/files/original/a64abb4a52722b2f649ed655040299a2.pdf 0ac407da8ed5db0e0fb08b589f6e9299 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memoirs & Oral histories Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1949 hurricane, by Floretta Bartlett. Subject The topic of the resource Delray Beach hurricane, 1949 Hurricane damage Florida-Stuart Description An account of the resource A short history of the 1949 hurricane assembled by Floretta Bartlett in 1990. The introduction indicates that author had assembled a packet of material, including this history and photographs (no longer accompanying this document). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Floretta Moose Bartlett (1911-2004) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gift of Stuart Heritage Museum. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990 1990s Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Stuart Heritage Museum Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <b>In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable </b> The Martin County Library System believes this Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For more information, visit <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-RUU/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 5 p. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2024.048 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Florida-Martin County Hurricanes