Stuart News, 25th Historical Edition, 9 Nov 1950

This expanded special issue of the Stuart News features articles and photos focuses on the history of Martin County.

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Index of articles:
12,180-Acre Gomez Grant Deeded For Aid: B-5 (I)*
18 Prospective New Palm City Families Came Here in 1917: H-6
A Safe Anchorage…(Wreck of Wilbert F. Barlett Caption) G-8
A. D. Fort Recollects Much On Early Hunting Days Here: B-1 (I)
A. R. Krueger Came Here in 1886, Nicknamed Dude: page 11 (I)
Adams Home Was Museum of Nature: page 19 (D)
Albany Ave. Band Stand (caption): C-1
Ashley Gang Terrorized This Area For Decade, Alfred and Katherine Hanna: E-1 & 7
B. W. Mulford Was Salerno's Big Developer: page 17, (I)
Baptist Made Start in 1915: page 13 (D)
Battle of Okeechobee in 1837 One of Most Decisive: John Halbe, page 19
Black Caesar, Gasparilla Made Bloody Pirate History: page 20
Boom Days Surveyor (William H. Roat caption): B-5
Bootlegging Here Was Dazzling Era of Fortune, Piracy, Death: G-8
Cabot May Have Found Florida in 1496: A-1 (I)
Capt. John Miller, Walton Pioneer, Came to Florida in 1886: H-7 (I)
Catholic Church Built Here in 1916: page 13 (D)
City's First Lodge Building (Woodmen Hall caption): B-7
Col O. O. Poppleton Was Here 31 Years, Became Bee Expert, A-7 (I)
Commodore Kitching Was First Iceman: E-8
Company That Dug East Coast Canal Was Formed in 1874: G-5
Congressional Act in 1842 Led to first Colony on Indian River: page 9
Conners Highway Opened With Celebration 1924: H-5
Contract Drawn in 1882 to Dredge St. Lucie Inlet: page 9 (D)
County Bond Debt Cut 45 Per Cent Since '30: C -8
County's Creation Was Hard Work: A-1 & 2
Dickinson Park Has 11,123 Acres, Lewis G. Scoggi:, page 20 (D)
Dickinson's Shipwreck Diary is Great American Classic: A-3
Dunkin Carried Gospel Word 17 Years To Indiantown: 17 (I)
Elias Simmons Brought Family Here In 1889: B-5 (I)
Ernest Stypmann, '82 Pioneer, Bought First U. S. Land Here, Laid Out Town: D-7
Facts Prove City, County Prospering: B-1
FEC Worker's Named Adopted For Potsdam: A- 7
Fire Destroyed Stuart's Largest Building in 1927: 19, (I)
Fire Struck in 1908: H-1
First Episcopalian Services In Area Were Held in 1931, George Huntington: 13 (D)
First School Teacher: page 10 (I)
Fishing Remains A Flourishing Sport Here: F-2 & 7
Five Martin Communities Once Were Incorporated Town: B-1 (D)
Fort Marked Port Mayaca Start in 1837
Four Kitching Brothers Settled on Coast: page 13 (D)
Frazier Family Arrived Her 63 Years Ago: G-7 (I)
Fredricksens Took Florida Trip in 1893 on Coin Flip: H-1
Game of Baseball Played Here for Half Century: F-3 & 7
Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge Built in 1876: F-4 & 5
Gold in County Awaits a Finder, F. D. Eaton: page 20 (D)
Gosling Founded River's First Town: G-7
H. H. Stuart Came to Area to Hunt Gator: A-7
H. W. Bessey Came to State in '80, Built First Home Here: G-3
Henry Sewall Born Here, Settled Point: page 13 (I)
High School Band Created With Enthusiasm in 1938: C -7 (I)
Hogarths Started Winter Visiting in 1890s: page 20 (D)
How Did Stuart Get Its Name?: A-7
How Papers Do Change in Century: G-2
Incorporation of Stuart Began May 7, 1914: B-1
Indians Gave Hobe Sound Area's Names: H-6
J. P. Lees Owned First Paper Here: G-2
James H. Rogers Founded Port Sewall: H-8
Jensen Incorporation Jan. 18, 1926: H-1
Jensen Was Pine Center of World: H-2
Jensen, Waveland Division Line is Recollected: H-1
John W. Martin Realized Dream To Be Governor: page 13 (D)
Joshua Smith First Settled Gomez in 1886: H-7
Just What Was Stuart Like 25 Years Ago? Edwin A Menninger: C-1 (I)
Karl H. Bentel Opened first Bakery in 1915: E-7
Largest Fish Company: H-1
Legal Instruments Measure Trend of Times in County: C-8
Letter: to J. R. Parrott about St. Lucie River Fill, Chas. O Haines,: B-2
Life in Eden Was Rough Half A Century Ago, Lucie Richards Letourneau: B-2 (I)
Lions Club City's Newest Civic Group: B-7
Local County Club Founded, Golf Course Built in 1924: F-1
Local Horticulture Report During 1900: H-6
Local Inlet That Was, Wasn't, Then Shifted Is Fascinating: A-1 & 3
Manatee Plentiful in St. Lucie in 1858, Andrew P. Canova: G-3
Martin County Has Made Healthy Comeback from Many Hurricanes, Ernest Lyons: G-5
Martin County Has 69 Years Postal History: page 2 & 5
Martin County Taxes Best Since '27: B-5
McPhersons Arrived Her in 1890s: E-8
Miles-Hansen Grant was Gift in 1813:B-5
Morris Johns Held Public Office Here: page 9 (D)
Most Martin County Offices Have Seen Little Turnover: B-5
Music Vital to Pioneers: C-1 (I)
No Ails Forced First Doctor to Leave (North): 19 (D)
Novel Describes Early Mail Service: B-1
Obstructions Caused FEC's U-Bend Here: B-2
Otto Stypmann Settled Here in 1882 to Work 47 Year for Stuart's Good: D-5
Palm City's Only School (caption): H-6
Parks, Johns Families Settle here in Early 1890s: page 9 (I)
Pennocks Dairy Started in 1910: page 15 (D
Phones Mirror City's Growth: E-6
Picking King Oranges at Indiantown (caption): H-5
Pirate Gilbert May Have Had Lookouts Here: page 20
Platts Carved Out Indiantown Home from 1898 Wilderness: page 17 (I)
Postal Mishap Led to the Naming of Rio (W. E. Rea): H-3
Power First Came to Stuart in 1916: Palm City, Jensen Service in 1926, E-4 & 7
Presbyterians Began in 1925: page 13 (D)
P-TA Organized in 1915 : G-6 (I)
R. L. Beville Stuart's First Railroad Agent: page 10 (I)
Rail and Sail, Vied for Freight (caption): B-7
Rev. H. H. Jones Organized Church In Jensen in 1906: H-1
Sale of Lands in Palm City Began in 1910: H-6
Sales of 3 Items Exemplify County's Health Progress: C-8
Seaboard Came to Indiantown 25 Years Ago: B-2
Seminole Chief Little Tiger (caption): E-1
Southern States Land and Timber Company, Edwin a. Menninger, 17 (D)
Stories of First Parrots Recounted: page 14 (D)
Stuart Band Formed in 1915: C-7
Stuart Bridge Built in 1933 For $385,814: G-3
Stuart High School's Football Saga Began in 1926: F-1
Stuart Legion Post Founded In June 1919: B-7
Stuart Negro Baseball Club Began in '26; F-1
Stuart News Staff of 1950 (caption): G-1
Stuart Newspapers Started With the Times in 1913: G-2
Stuart Training School's Athletics Started in 1927: F-1
Stuart Woman's Club Begun By Two Women in 1913: G-6
Stuart's First Bank (caption) B-1 (I)
Stuart's Theater Going Began When Lyric was built in 1914: 6 (D)
Taylor, Watson County's First State Legislators: C-8
Telegrapher Disputes How City Got Name: W. F. Steever: A-7
Telegraphic Service Began In Martin County in 1894: E-8
The Pink Paper Now the Palm Beach Sun: A-1
This fine New School Was Built in 1923: page 14 (D)
Tom Britt Began Haircut Business: C-8
Tom DeSteuben Was Initial Lawyer Here: H-2
Town Football Team Played 3 Years: F-1
Twenty-seven Men Began Kiwanis Club Here in 1938: B-7 (I)
W. A. Roebuck Family First to Settle Toward Indiantown: H-5 (I)
Walter Kitching Came to Florida In 1882, Bought First Land Here, E-1
Willoughby Was Versatile Area Explorer: H-8
Worth Reorganized City Band in 1920: C-1

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