History of Martin County, compiled by Janet Hutchinson, edited by Emeline K. Paige, 1998.
Item
Title
History of Martin County, compiled by Janet Hutchinson, edited by Emeline K. Paige, 1998.
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Description
Originally copyrighted by the Historical Society of Martin County (Stuart, Fla.) in 1975, this third printing (1998) is fully indexed.
viii, 548 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm.
viii, 548 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1887 U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY MAP
- IN THE BEGINNING by Robert A. Holman
- Pre-Discovery to 1492
- Exploration and Colonization 1492-1819
- Territorial Period 1819-1845
- Early Statehood 1845-1880
- HOUSE OF REFUGE
- EARLY SETTLERS
- HUTCHINSON ISLAND by Mrs. William Clark Shepard
- BLACK HISTORY by Ora Dell Landers
- THE TOWNS
- Hobe Sound
- Indiantown
- Jensen Beach
- Jupiter Light
- Palm City
- Port Mayaca
- Port Salerno
- Rio
- Stuart 1880-1920
- White City
- MARTIN COUNTY
- Business
- Cemeteries
- Churches
- Education
- Fishing
- Industry: Citrus, Cattle, Banks, Florida Power & Light, Sharks, Commercial Fishing, Southeastern Printing Company, Flower growers, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, General RF Fittings, Tourism, Boats, Southern Bell Telephone
- News Media
- Organizations
- Post Offices
- Real Estate
- Rum-Running
- Transportation: Trade Boats and Paddle Wheelers, Railroad Arrives, Automobile and Martin County, Air Transportation, Transportation-1975
- AGRICULTURE by Edwin A. Menninger, D.Sc.
- Pineapples
- Vegetables
- Cut Flower Industry
- Citrus
- Grass and Sugar Cane
- Commercial Nurseries
- STUART 25 YEARS AGO (1925) by Edwin A. Menninger, D.Sc.
- PROMINENT PEOPLE:
- Newman Clark
- Harmon Parker Elliott
- Ralph Evinrude
- Wilbur Forrest
- Harry Hazedale Hipson
- Dennis S. Hudson
- A.O. Kanner
- Willard M. Kiplinger (1891-1967)
- Austin H. Kiplinger
- Frances Langford
- Governor John Wellborn Martin
- John L. McQuigg
- Edwin A. Menninger
- Vaughn Monroe
- Patricia Murphy
- T.T. Oughterson
- Phil Pence
- R.H. Philbrick
- James H. Reardon
- Joseph Verner Reed
- Marvin H. Rowell
- William H. Shepard
- John W. Stokes
- Mary Lolene Silsbury Stokes
- Judge Edward Swann
- THE "SAVE OUR BEACHES" CAMPAIGN by C. Scott Fletcher
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- CONTRIBUTORS
- APPENDIX- Martin County Events Year By Year (1913-1950)
- INDEX
Source
Historical Society of Martin County
Publisher
Historical Society of Martin County
Rights
In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted The Martin County Library System has received permission from the Historical Society of Martin County to make this item available to use for non-commercial purposes without obtaining permission first. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Format
viii, 548 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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Text
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Citation
Janet Hutchinson (compiler) and Emeline K. Paige (editor), “History of Martin County, compiled by Janet Hutchinson, edited by Emeline K. Paige, 1998.,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/11837.