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COMMUNITIES
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St. Lucie Village
St. Lucie Village has long been known as a rustic beauty on the edge of the Indian River while her citizenry are known for their independent spirit and devotion to history
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LIVING HISTORY
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Fort Capron's heyday
Reputed baseball inventor Abner Doubleday and Civil war general George Pickett both had assignments at Fort Capron in St. Lucie Village
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HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
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Home for a century
For more than 100 years, this sturdy wood-frame house by the Indian River has been home to the same family
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FISHING
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Kings of the sea
King mackerel are a popular target both for Treasure Coast commercial and sport anglers
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ARTISTIC VISIONS
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Eastern Cuban flavor
Entrepreneur Clyde Hensley brings the little-seen art of eastern Cuba to the United States
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MUSIC
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A suite season
The Indian River Symphonic Association’s 15th season strikes an international chord
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GOLF
NEW TECHNOLOGY
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Cybersurgery
New wave technology lessens radiation treatments for cancer patients
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MEDICAL ENVIRONMENTS
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Rooms worth the wait
Some Treasure Coast medical offices are bringing the comforts of home to waiting and treatment rooms
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COSMETICS
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Vein Vanity
The good, the bad and the ugly of vein treatment
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SIX DOCTORS OF INTEREST
Departments
THE WILD SIDE: Camille S. Yates
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A Delicate Balance
Boaters and anglers can counter increased use of waterways by staying sensitive to the environment
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OUR BEST STORIES
Chimps Find Treasure Coast Haven
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A different sort of retirement village
On the first night of his release onto one of the 11-acre peninsulas at the sanctuary, Thoto remained outside, soaking in the stars and the moon. For the first time in years, he enjoyed an uncaged night of sleep. “He didn’t come in until the next morning."
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LIVING HISTORY
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The Ashley Gang:What really happened
Ed Register, 90, remembers that day 83 years ago when he saw the bodies of the Ashley Gang lying outside of the Fee Hardware and Mortuary in Fort Pierce. “It scared the tar out of me,” he says.
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How We Became The Treasure Coast
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| 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.
OUR TREASURE HISTORY
PHOTO PROVIDED BY MEL FISHER TREASURE MUSEUM
These are some of the doubloons recovered from the 1715 Plate Fleet recovered off the shores of the Treasure Coast.
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Vero Beach's Treasure Historian
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Pieces Of History
Vero Beach’s Eugene Lyon has focused much of his scholarly research on the Spanish treasure wrecks off Florida
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Search For A Connection
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Family Ties
A Port St. Lucie man searches for family ties to the commander of the doomed 1715 treasure fleet that sank off the Treasure Coast.
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VOLUMES
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Pay dirt in the eye of the storm
Weller’s book, his ninth about treasure hunting, deals mostly with Florida’s east coast, the Keys and the Bahamas. It’s full of well-told stories that should interest new residents of the Treasure Coast and old-timers alike.
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HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
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Treasure House
The shipwrecks that gave the Treasure Coast it's name happened just steps away from the home of Peter and June Fallon. Now, they are making sure that their sturdy home, once used by treasure salvagers, pays homage to the history of the region.
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BOATING
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Sea Keeps Doomed Fleet's Secrets
Two hundred and ninety two years later,we are still learning about the ill-fated Spanish Plate Fleet that sank off the east coast of Florida because of a horrific July hurricane.
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Created on 11/03/2006 01:56 AM by ind1an
Updated on 10/14/2008 03:26 PM by ind1an
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