LIVING HISTORY
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THURLOW COLLECTION
Historic Martin Grade as it appeared in the 1930s.
“The tree canopy here is the visual symbol of what we’re
trying to do in Martin County, which is to preserve the land,
restore the wetlands to the point they can clean up the rivers,
and to keep an agricultural lifestyle and ambience,” she said.
Dawson, with other community leaders, formed the Martin
Grade Scenic Highway Project, a state-sponsored program
run by the Florida Department of Transportation. Its mission
is to designate Martin Grade a Florida Scenic Highway. They
see the designation as a way to protect the tree canopy along
the road and to preserve the rural nature of the area. “What
you get from the Scenic Highway Project is an institution —
a permanent group of citizens who care for the road,” said >>
White-tailed deer
are commonly seen
in Allapattah Flats
Preserve, which
borders Martin Grade.
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