The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-12-22
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OF WH|TEC|TY
osoondent Describes Early
Settlements There.
FRUIT SECTION
l.,hss Enchanting Scenes on a Trip
|,oo the St. Lucie River. Capable
Of a Teeming Population.

,ole IN the beauties of the st.
river. let us get into a dug out
3 siyht of the railroad and all other
IN things. at Stuart, padding our
Ok miles or so northward up this
y steam, so weirdly enchanting,
oon becomes oblivious of the busy
4 left behind. ltrequires no stretch
magination to picture the haunts of
Ssminoles, and how they padded
light canoes on the placid waters
,ir descendants may still be seen
NO. the more modern skitf as they
Stuart to trade. But we prefer
badde for our trip as permitting a
n view ahead than when bending
e oar. .
or and anon there are visitors of
forests primeval" where the state
ines seem sentinels guarding the
n memories of the buried past and
N on US modern mtruders.
hoping ashore to take in the sur
bings more fully one yields to the
bntment to recline on grassy knoll
natures bower and drink in the
hts of repose in balmy air by the
ng waters and waving palms, there
) the suggestion, Where you now
he Indian warrior woocd his dusky
! while such reflections are natural
Willing away time on the marvel
beautiful st. Lucie, be he tourist
ttler, yet to the practical home
r it also speaks in other strains:
Is of the possibilities of sugar cane
citrus groves pines not the
ring trees but symmetrical plants
aceful curves at your feet yielding
bus fruit, for luxury and health -
Use every kind of vegetable that
5. The stranger would naturally
the question; Why is this land not
ID; and that too within 3 or miles
he F. Z. c. Ry parallel with this
y?
lite City is a settlement of small
BeXtending nearly three miles north
Outh and two miles east and west
shell road to the railroad station.
little land is needed for Il living.
greatly indebted to richness of soil
$ success, yet hardly less 50 to the
and perseverance of its early set
under dlscouraging conditions in
ineties. When Mr., Pho, at the in
e Of the F. +. c. ny. Land depart
looked up and down the East Coast
be best place to locate colony,
ed this spot after some months of
|rch, two incessive dry years had
|ater out of the calculations so the
prs broke ground in the lowest rich
ai soils free of trees and palmetto,
ythlng grew amazingly-but soon
atumn rainfalls and flood of 1894
ed the crops. The waters subsidized
and was again planted for the VIM
markets. Then came the I'M
dented freeze of January. 1895.
only vegetables but the fruit of
on me entire coast were destroyed
ne older bearing plants also. There
N orange grove on Ten Mile creek
miles north Of White City, and
lree was hurt nor the fruit injured;
Ame with Il grove at Waveland Il
niles south of Jensen other trees
~ indian River, not known to the
at that time.
fact set some of the truck
S OF white City to start orange
out with poor success. They
experience and made mistakes,
,ere was one great cause of failure
country needed drainage. The
70: (Flagler's) then in charge of
armihg interests had two large
y CUT on the east side of the St.
ana few smaller ones on the
w., y tne river. Individual enterprise
,unler bitches to them; and i'm
ment in the system has been going
y Islnce and will soon be made per,
:. wow one large ditch is needed on
ny size, which will soon be done
NV ", n 20. Tho, as it is, several
fsce :s have been made in the
arult culture as result of better
s en etc. The same holds good also
a Su,ture OF pines until there can
l; SIuG1 OF these industries being
''shed on firm basis
!" "G ;r. the route up the st. Lucie
y :" "' tI;ece the attention of in.
! h w inns important valley, which
nod Setg y to be developed and is
a ,ru 70 %, be a garden spot for a teen.
m o"u' for the homeseekel
pi communicate with d. f. Austin
fore for r.. fla., the r. R. company's
4 w. tne sale of it's lands in anC
ion wi \, Clty-and he is very con
NOW-AND-THEN.