Much of downtown Fort Pierce would still be recognizable to a cattle-driving settler or a yachtsman sailing the Indian River, back in the early 20th century.
Fort Pierce is now two steps closer to becoming the only Treasure Coast stop for the Brightline high-speed passenger railway service connecting Orlando to Miami.
Joe Semkow’s cover photo of The Cove, the Treasure Coast’s most popular spot for boating, got me thinking about the history of The Cove and the mangrove environs around it, surely one of the most beautiful and beloved spots on the Treasure Coast.
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This great blue heron takes a rest along the west shore of the Indian River near Fort Pierce City Marina. In 2015, the marina completed a unique storm protection project comprising 13 islands of various sizes that were built around the docks at the city marina.
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Sometimes following a dream can lead someone to some mighty strange places. For Bryan Chauncey Mays, whose dream was to become a musician, it led to traveling the world, playing in every state except Hawaii, scuba diving in the Black Sea and spending four months in Alaska.
Tucked inside the breezeway of the Colonnades Plaza on South Beach is an old-fashioned ice cream shop that serves hand-crafted ice cream and Italian ice that tastes generations away from the commercial brands more commonly served by retailers.
Most folks in their 80s living on North Hutchinson Island are well into retirement, enjoying natural amenities found on the beautiful stretch of the barrier island between the Indian River County line and Fort Pierce Inlet State Park.
In 1904, Fort Pierce had 1,000 citizens, a newspaper, hotels, a cattle company, five boarding houses, two boat building companies and doctors, but no police department.
