LIVING HISTORY
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etensive collection of photos and newspaper clippings from
the days of :aldo.
Son 5alph, who headed Seton ,nc. and died in , Must
two days shy of his th birthday, commissioned the only
biography of his father, Tales of Waldo E. Sexton by *eorge :.
*ross, published in . ´He spent time with *eorge *ross
writing Tales of Waldo, giving verbal accounts through his gift
of storytelling and his steeltrap memory by which they put
together the booN,·· said 5alph·s son, Sean Seton.
Sean Seton is the author of another authoritative source,
Waldo’s Mountain, about the hill, now long gone, that :aldo
built beachside in 9ero across the street from what is now
-aycee Beach 3arN on AA.
EARLY YEARS
:aldo was born in 0oral 7ownship, ,ndiana, the sith
child of ,saac and Sara BucNingham Seton, descendants of
families that had settled the .entucNy and ,ndiana wilderness.
:aldo grew up on his parents· acre farm and,
according to :aldo biographer *ross, was notified by his
father at the age of that he and his brothers were to taNe
over all the worN in the fields.
LucNily, :aldo ecelled at academics and Tualified to
attend Shelbyville High School, where he played football.
Blessed with a stout physiTue, he was a powerful force on the
field and Nnown to be fearless.
He enrolled in ,ndiana University in to study medicine
but later dropped out and entered 3urdue University
to study animal husbandry, graduating in . )inancing
his education himself, :aldo held Mobs stoNing furnaces and
waiting tables before going into sales. He would buy frater- >>
SEXTON FAMILY COLLECTION
One of Waldo Sexton’s last works was his Waldo’s Mountain, a free tourist
attraction at Bethel Creek in Vero Beach.
2007 INDIAN RIVER MAGAZINE
>aldo :e_ton»s homestead on th :treet, now owned I` his grandson MarR ;riWson and his wife, /ildie, still reÅects >aldo»s eclectic st`le