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Ashley Gang movie is filmed in Stuart
The infamous Ashley Gang, notorious outlaws led by John Ashley, the son of Joe and Lugenia of Gomez, terrorized the east coast…
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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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Speedy’s Inn & The Lighthouse Restaurant
Harry Miles Speedy, born in 1873 in Cherry Tree, PA, wife Margaret and daughter, Dorothy, settled in Stuart in 1915, where a…
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‘Charles H. Racey, Pioneer of Waveland’
William H. Racey, Charles’ father, was an adventurer from New York who came to Florida in the 1850s. He had secured acres…
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The Dixie Pelican, Grand Hotel in Stuart
In February 1924, during the height of the Florida land boom years, Samuel W. Hind, a builder from Chicago, had a concept…
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‘Sailfish Lodge, a Sportsman’s Paradise’
Set back in the peaceful woods of Palm City on the South Fork of the St. Lucie River, a rustic retreat was…
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Chisholm’s Grill, a popular Stuart eatery
Chisholm’s Grill, which began as a simple hamburger stand on Old Dixie Highway in Stuart in September 1927, was owned and operated…
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Stuart Woman’s Club, 100 years of progress
A club whose sole purpose was the betterment of the community began with a meeting of 29 female pioneers almost a hundred…
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Bittan & Taylor’s El Bit-Lor Apartments
The exciting, glamorous era of the roaring ’20s was one of opulence and grandeur. The Florida land boom’s effects in Stuart had…
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Troup and Indiantown’s Circle-T Rodeo
In the 1940s, much of Martin County was undeveloped, especially in the western sector which was mostly sparsely inhabited ranch, farm and…
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Fern Hill Cemetery and Lucien Gregorie
Stuart had no public cemetery before 1905. Burials were either out of town, at Waveland in Jensen or in family plots on…
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The Stuart Post Offices: 1925 to 2012
The Stuart Post Office at St. Lucie and Flagler Avenues had served the community well for almost a decade. However, with the…
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The Stuart Post Offices — 1890s to 1925
Traditionally, once a community had been established, a post office was usually designated for the processing and transfer of incoming and outgoing…