Turning local seaweed into invaluable agar-agar
JENSEN BEACH — Martin County is known for its beauty and recreational opportunities as a tropical paradise, but has also claimed through…
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Vignettes
Small stories. A bigger picture of Stuart.
Step back in time to learn about the unusual, the forgotten and some of the fascinating people, events and places from Martin County's history. These historical vignettes were written by Greg and Alice Luckhardt of Stuart and were published in the "Your News" section of Stuart News and TCPalm.com (discontinued).
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D-Day to today: Camp Murphy history leads to Road to Victory Military Museum
STUART — The Camp Murphy military compound was established in 1942 or training for the Southern Signal Corps School in Hobe Sound…
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The history of Kensington Beach Club, Jensen Beach
The section of Hutchinson Island within Martin County was a fairly remote area prior to the construction and completion of the wooden…
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Stuart’s Woodmen Hall
STUART — One of the oldest buildings in Stuart, saved from demolition years ago, is Woodmen Hall, located at the corner of…
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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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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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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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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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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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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,…
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High Point Lodge a.k.a. Harrington House
SEWALL’S POINT — Many of the early settlers in what would be Martin County were enticed to the area to seek fortune…
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Part 2 — Memorable trees of Stuart
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 in a two-part series on Stuart’s notable trees. STUART — Historic landmark buildings can be interesting,…
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