These were the people present at the signing of the bill by Gov. John W. Martin creating Martin County. Seated: John E. Taylor, Mabel S. Shuman, Lottie P. Martin, Governor Martin, Mrs. A.W. Young, Tom Campbell, Sen. John W. Watson. Standing: Thomas H. Getzen, Rep. Sam W. Getzen, Warner B. Tilton Sr., Maj. W.I. Shuman, Stanley Kitching, Jackson B. McDonald, Sen. A.W. Young, and Fons Hathaway. JOSEPHINE PARADISE
The Making of Martin
They believed a county of their own would usher in an explosion of prosperity. But it wasn’t only the business leaders in tiny Stuart, Florida, who were chasing after a windfall. It was the Roaring Twenties.
