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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R85_the-fellsmere-public-school_Fellsmere-FL.html
(side 1) The Fellsmere Public School, the first masonry school building in what is now Indian River County, was constructed during 1915 and 1916 at 22 South Orange Street. The 22,680 square foot, two-story school with a raised basement was design…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R84_the-fellsmere-railroad_Fellsmere-FL.html
The standard-gauge Fellsmere Railroad was completed in 1910 with 60 lb. rail to replace the old Sebastian & Cincinnatus narrow-gauge railroad built in 1896 between Sebastian and Fellsmere. The Fellsmere Farms Company used the 10-mile-long railroad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5G_osceola-park-historic-residential-district_Vero-Beach-FL.html
Osceola Park was one of the first residential subdivisions added to the town of Vero Beach and contains the city's largest concentration of early 20th century buildings. In 1915 and 1917, the Indian River Farms Company, who had platted the origina…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5F_moores-point_Sebastian-FL.html
This point of land at the junction of the St. Sebastian River and the Indian River was once settled by aboriginal people, the Ais. Pottery shards and ancient shells can still be found along the shore. In 1889, L.C. Moore built the Ercildoune Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5E_baseball-and-dodgertown_Vero-Beach-FL.html
Dodgertown was the spring training facility of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers. Originally part of a World War II Naval Air Station, Dodgertown became the spring training home of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948, when local business leader Bud Holman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R3Y_roseland_Sebastian-FL.html
The Ays Indians lived along the confluence of the St. Sebastian and the Indian River (Rio d'days) when the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. For hundreds of years after that, settlements in the Indian River area were restricted to the coastal areas wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QQI_mckee-jungle-gardens_Vero-Beach-FL.html
This is the original site of McKee Jungle Gardens, one of Florida's earliest tourist attractions. McKee Gardens was founded in 1932 by Vero Beach pioneer Waldo Sexton and Cleveland industrialist Arthur G. McKee. They engaged William Lyman Phillips…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QQH_mckee-jungle-garden-gates_Vero-Beach-FL.html
These gates, once the property of Henry Flagler, adorned McKee Jungle Garden's main entrance from 1932 until 1967. Thereafter, they graced the residence of one of Arthur McKee's daughters, Mary-Katherine Semon until the time of her husband's death…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KC3_city-of-vero-beach_Vero-Beach-FL.html
Panel 1: The pattern of community development which occurred in Vero Beach provides insight into some important aspects of Florida's history. Although the coastal waters in the region attracted fishermen, settlement of this area did not occur unt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9AB_site-of-survivors-and-salvagers-camp_Vero-Beach-FL.html
Late in July, 1715, a hurricane destroyed a fleet of eleven or possibly twelve homeward bound merchant ships carrying cargoes of gold and silver coinage and other valuable items from the American colonies to Spain. About 1500 men, women, and child…
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