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Dale M. Hudson, c. 1960
Studio portrait of Dale M. Hudson, son of the founder of Citizens Bank of Stuart (First National Bank of Stuart/Seacoast Bank), Dennis S. Hudson, Sr. Dale Hudson held several key roles and titles at the bank over the years including vice president and later president and vice-chairman. -
Ransom R. Ricou, c. 1905
Portrait of Ransom Ren Ricou (1867-1925). Ricou settled in Eden in 1894 and established a commercial fishing company, R.R. Ricou and Sons, in 1896, which became a large and profitable business. -
Buildings and pineapple fields in Eden, c. 1910
View over pineapple fields and several buildings near the Indian River in Eden. House in foreground belonged to Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Webb and house in background was that of Capt. John and Annie Miller. Eden School building in view between the two houses. -
Pineapple crate stencil, c. 1890
Stencil used to label pineapple crates shipped from Ocean View Plantation. Ocean View Plantation was the original name given to property purchased by William Merritt Merwin, Sr. in 1887. The property's name was later changed to Edenlawn plantation. -
African American boy, c. 1905
Unidentified African American child. Found in a trunk in the Edenlawn estate office. -
African American couple, c. 1905
Unidentified African American couple. Found in a trunk in the Edenlawn estate office. -
Albenia Delancy, c. 1970
Albenia Delancy with a broom. Found in a trunk in the Edenlawn estate office. -
Edenlawn staff, c. 1920
Several people, including a woman in an apron. Found in a trunk in the Edenlawn estate office. -
Man working at Edenlawn estate, c. 1920
A man carries a bushel basket. Found in a trunk in the Edenlawn estate office. -
Memories of Eden : a young girl's letters about life in South Florida's frontier from 1880 thru 1888 by [Lucie E. Richards LeTourneau (1860–1934)]; edited by Raymond Richards Brown.
A collection of letters written by Lucie Richards who lived at Eden (near Jensen Beach, Florida), expressing the perceptions of a teenage girl from an urban area (Newark, NJ) living in a then-remote section of Florida. Letters are concentrated in the first few years. Lucie was the daughter of Thomas E. Richards, who in about 1879 homesteaded a large tract of land (near what is now Jensen Beach), establishing a pineapple plantation and called it Eden. His daughter, Lucie, arrived in January 1880 when their home, "Eden Grove House," was being constructed. This house took guests and the settlement grew around them. In November 1887, she married Joseph Howard LeTourneau and after her mother's death in 1905, they bought out the other inheritors of Eden Grove House, which stayed in the Richards' family for decades.Tags Florida-Eden