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12:00 am
Fri August 7, 2009

There's an explanation for why U.S. 1 takes an unusual turn in Vero Beach

Credit Janie Gould
U.S. 1 turns to the west at this intersection.
  • An interview with a Vero native

The highway runs north to south along most of Florida's peninsula. The grandson of a pioneer Indian River County developer shares a story about why its path is different in the old Miracle Mile area of Vero Beach. 

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Floridays
12:00 am
Thu July 9, 2009

Children shared textbooks at all-black Gifford school in Indian River County

Eddie Hudson also remembers hunting birds to add to his family's rice pot for dinner. He says times were hard but life was good when he was growing up in the 1940s and 50s.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Wed July 8, 2009

Carved bone found by amateur collector turns out to be of Ice Age vintage

Credit Janie Gould
James Kennedy with some of his finds

The find stirred renewed interest in the Vero Man archeological site.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Tue July 7, 2009

Mother and daughter share thoughts on growing up in Gifford community

Credit Janie Gould
Fran Ross, top, with her mother, Johnnie Ross
  • An interview with a mother and daughter.
Floridays
12:00 am
Tue July 7, 2009

Mid-1960s were heyday of treasure salvage from wrecked Spanish galleons

Spanish treasure ship

Tommy Gore says it wasn't unusual for divers to bring up hundreds of pounds of silver a day during that era.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Mon June 8, 2009

Sexton's Mountain once rose in Vero Beach

Credit Sexton family collection, Archive Center, Indian River County main library
Sexton's Mountain was near Highway A1A and Bethel Creek
  • An interview with Sexton's grandson

Waldo Sexton adorned the dig pile of fill dirt with tiles, statuary and a pair of thrones. Sean Sexton talks about the mountain and its ultimate fate. 

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