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Pioneer Memories VHS Video 1996
In 1996, filmmaker Billy Elkins and the Stuart Heritage Museum partnered to capture the voices and stories of Stuart's earliest settlers, earning…
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Stuart History
The people, places, events and buildings that shaped our town, from its pioneer days to today. Each page gives a short answer first, then the full story with sources you can check.
Stuart History list
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Ambulance services in Martin County
MARTIN COUNTY — In a community of any sizable population, there is a definite need for an ambulance service. The first vehicle…
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100 Jensen Beach Bridge Tickets
These admission tickets once granted passage across the Jensen Beach Bridge, a vital link connecting Stuart's residents and visitors to the barrier…
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Sally Patchin, artist and Stuart resident
STUART — The communities which would eventually comprise Martin County have always been attractive to visitors and winter residents for many reasons,…
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Stuart Feed Uniform Shirt
This crisp white shirt bearing red lettering once belonged to an employee of Stuart Feed, a local business that supplied the working…
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Martin County’s Barley Barber Swamp
INDIANTOWN — The large freshwater wetlands region in western Martin County, located about one mile east of Lake Okeechobee, may not be…
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Book “New Life for Grandmother” mentions Stuart
This heartfelt book found its way into Stuart family collections, with its chapter beginning on page 57 devoted to our community.
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Cashel: Majestic mansion celebrates 100 years
PORT SEWALL — Stuart, Jensen and Rio are fairly young in age, with their beginnings in the 1880s to 1890s. Other locations…
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Various Legal documents related to Olympia, Jupiter Island, Miles Grant
These legal papers and plat maps chart the competing claims and property disputes that shaped Jupiter Island and Stuart's development in the…
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Stuart’s first courthouse was in Juno
STUART — Although there was a small Dade County facility established at the county seat in Miami for legal affairs, records, documents,…
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Poem “Christmas Eve in Stuart”
This handwritten poem captures the magic of Christmas in Stuart through the eyes of someone who knew the town intimately, a window…
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Anthony’s Grocery, a family-owned store
STUART — James C. Anthony, born Feb. 26, 1875, in Jonesboro, grew up in Eastman, Georgia, the son of Thomas A. Anthony,…