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Elena Smith Gregorie oral history interview transcription, 1960
Elena Smith Gregorie (1871-1966) interviewed on 30 April 1960 by Rush Hughes.
Gregorie became a resident of Palm City in 1914. She is asked mostly about housework. She also speaks of her two daughters dying of diphtheria.Tags Oral histories -
Lacy C. Kickliter oral history interview transcription, 1960
Lacy C. Kickliter (1882-1961) was interviewed on 30 April 1960 by Rush Hughes.
Topics discussed include the social life of early Stuart, including meeting the train and having picnics, techniques of fighting mosquitos, and the pineapple industry. Also details being sequestrated for jury duty in Miami for three weeks in about 1903.
Lacy C. Kickliter was the tax collector for Martin County for many years.Tags Oral histories -
Lucien S. Gregorie oral history interview transcription, 1960
Lucien S. Gregorie (1874-1963) interviewed on 30 April 1960 by Rush Hughes.
Gregorie became a resident of Palm City in 1914. He speaks mainly about being a citrus farmer.Tags Oral histories -
Percy Fuge oral history interview transcription, 1960
Percy Fuge (1891-1971) was interviewed on 29 April 1960 by Rush Hughes.
A short continuation of an interview with Percy Fuge (first part not located), in which the cattle industry is discussed.
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William Fredricksen oral history interview transcription, c. 1960
William L. Fredricksen (1871-1958) was interviewed on c. 1960 by Rush Hughes.
Fredricksen discusses his arrival in Jensen in 1893 and planting a pineapple field with his father that was then killed by frost, so he worked for the railroad. Also details other pineapple and bean growers experiences and noted that a circus came to Jensen.
Note on transcription indicates that mentions of his sons Cheney Fredricksen (owner of Jensen Hardware) and Sophis Fredricksen (custodian of the Elliott Museum) have been removed.Tags Oral histories -
Judge Harry Frazier Dyer oral history interview transcription, 1960
Judge Harry Frazier Dyer (1910-1984) interviewed on 6 June 1960 by Rush Hughes.
Dyer details his family's history in the area, growing up in Stuart, hunting, St. Lucie canal's effect on fishing and its failure to bring economic prosperity to Stuart.Tags Oral histories -
Janet Krueger Dunscombe oral history interview transcription, 1960
Janet Krueger Dunscombe (1894-1976) was interviewed on 12 May 1960 by Rush Hughes.
Dunscombe speaks about her childhood in early Stuart, including eating a lot of canned goods, entertainment, and dances in the packing houses. Also mentions the pineapple industry and her father (Albert Rudolph Krueger).Tags Oral histories -
Carroll Dunscombe oral history interview transcription, 1960
Carroll Dunscombe (1889-1976) was interviewed on 6 May 1960, by Rush Hughes.
Dunscombe speaks about early names of the towns - Stuart was Potsdam and Gosling was often called Wa-Wa, and the pineapple industry around Stuart. Also tells the story of how he was almost on the jury for one of the Ashley Gang trials, and his interaction with them.Tags Oral histories -
George Albert DeVane (1895-1969) oral history interview transcription, 1960
George Albert DeVane (1895-1969) was interviewed on 10 August 1960, by Joan and Jim Hutchinson.
DeVane spoke of his interest as a historian of the Seminoles, including Charley Cypress, Billy Bowlegs, the murder of Charlie Peacock, the Trail Indians breaking away from the Cypress Indians, and Big Cypress.Tags Oral histories -
Harold Coutant oral history interview transcription, c. 1960
Edwin Harold Coutant (1890-1966) was interviewed c. 1960 by Rush Hughes.
Coutant's father Elwin S. Coutant was appointed keeper of the Mosquito Lagoon House of Refuge on 23 July 1890 and resigned on 20 October 1912.
Coutant recounts stories of the Mosquito Lagoon House of Refuge, the Jensen House of Refuge, the Bessey brothers, and opening the first garage in Stuart.Tags Oral histories