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These are some of the doubloons recovered from the 1715 Plate Fleet recovered off the shores of the Treasure Coast. PHOTO PROVIDED BY MEL FISHER TREASURE MUSEUM

How we became the Treasure Coast

Long known for our world-famous citrus, St. Lucie, Martin and Indian River counties became known as the Treasure Coast after the discovery of riches off our shores in the 1960s

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Riverview Memorial Park general manager Sonya-Elizabeth Trachtman points to the unmarked grave believed to be that of the celebrated circus performer Lucia Zora. ED DRONDOSKI PHOTO

Final resting spot for ‘bravest woman’ an unmarked grave?

In life, she was celebrated as the “bravest woman in the world,” riding around a circus ring on the trunk of an elephant or entering a steel cage with deadly lions and tigers. Her feats were celebrated in newspapers across the country and in her autobiography, “Sawdust and Solitude.”

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Sea keeps doomed fleet’s secrets

With all the latest technology in modern day maritime engineering, it’s difficult to imagine what it was like for crew and passengers sailing halfway around the world in 1715 onboard wooden ships bound for the New World. A combination of excitement, the unknown, and danger drove these people of the 18th century on a voyage of possibility and peril.

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