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Local historian Alice Luckhardt meticulously researched these past events, including a notorious 1922 bank robbery by the Ashley gang, while artist Mike Kirkhart brought the commemorative sculptures to life. Ultimately, this historic art trail serves as a collaborative birthday gift to Stuart, blending local heritage with vibrant community artistry.
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at this time we're going to go ahead and dedicate a historical marker with Robin Hicks Connors please join me at the podium Robin is an active member of the Stuart Main Street board and she's going to tell us about Stuart main Street's historic marker program thank you Robin Council Trico and representative Harrell distinguished guests friends and Neighbors…
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at this time we're going to go ahead and dedicate a historical marker with Robin Hicks Connors please join me at the podium Robin is an active member of the Stuart Main Street board and she's going to tell us about Stuart main Street's historic marker program thank you Robin Council Trico and representative Harrell distinguished guests friends and Neighbors I am honored to present to you today Stewart main Street's contribution to the Centennial Celebration now many of you will remember Turtles on Parade the colorful and Artful turtles that peppered our community many years ago well Stuart Main Street has developed a similar project and it's similar in that it is a public art project but these statues
Mark historic sites and occasions throughout the city in an historic art marker Trail we chose appropriately a sailfish which has been designed and manufactured by our Taxidermy artist Mike kirkhart and the histories have been carefully researched and written by local historian and Stewart Heritage member Alice Lockhart we've chosen 10 sites within the city to Mark with the sailfish and the first one will be unveiled today it will be permanently installed at the top of the Riverwalk stage in the grassy area stage right and it will designate a couple of the historic places within view including the historic Osceola fuge building that's Mulligans it was built in 1921 by an investment group including Stanley kitchen and
Edward Feud and it was called the Osceola building and later the Osceola fuse building and in the audience today as Joe Marie Paradise the descendant of Stanley kitchen and joining us from North Palm Beach are relatives of the fuge Hogarth families so welcome thank you the location of the first marker will be placed in the vicinity of the St Lucie hotel which opened in 1913 and Annex to the hotel was built in 1916 right here where the Riverwalk stage is and moved to the corner and is now about to become a restaurant the Osceola fuse building featured five storefronts one on St Lucie Avenue four on Osceola Street and this is where the bank of
Stuart Mr fuge was the bank president moved and less than a year later was robbed by the Ashley gang on May 12 1922 so it is appropriate that our first sailfish is sponsored by our own local Community Bank Seacoast National I'd like to ask Eileen Hatt from Seacoast National Mike kirkhardt and Alice Lockhart to come forward and help unveil the sailfish I haven't seen it either so I'm pretty excited you guys go ahead I'm gonna I want to get a good view foreign it is with great pride that Stuart Main Street along with our sponsors Seacoast National Bank Mark brechtville Martin Health Systems the public art fund and others yet to be named give these
artistic sailfish to the city of Stuart for their historic Art Trail on the occasion of their 100th birthday congratulations and thank you
