Local History

The DuBose family has called Vero Beach home for six generations

Fellsmere was the first city in Florida to allow women to vote.

Bud Holman, a multi-faceted businessman — Cadillac dealer, rancher, grove owner — who had helped build the Vero Beach airport in 1929 and later became its manager.

Florida’s Treasure Coast proved to be the perfect wintertime getaway for Grover Cleveland.

Visionary Arthur McKee founded his garden with Waldo Sexton in 1932, giving joy to thousands – and now to future generations.

The reputation is well-deserved, for the story of the Gifford family is a fascinating one.

Ocean Drive’s “first lady” almost single-handedly pioneered the beachside shopping district.

Reprinted from the January 1998 issue of Vero Beach Magazine:Back in the ’60s, the songs of the Beach Boys said it all. The surf...

Vero Beach Magazine revisits Villa Festiva, the landmark Vero home that graced our first cover 20 years ago.

For 77 years, building relationships has been a Maus family tradition.

Today, over six decades later, Corey’s Pharmacy is still going strong at the same location on the corner of Ocean Drive and Easter Lily Lane.

Dr. Carr’s work taught him to see the world through the eyes of other species. He was able to transcend science and reach out to the broader public with his eloquent writings and books on these mysterious sea creatures.

Mrs. Joe W. (Anne) Michael is on a crusade to educate full and part time residents and visitors as to the correct name of Indian River County’s barrier island — Orchid Island.

When the founder of Indian River Hospital left to serve in World War II, a committed group of volunteers took charge of Indian River Hospital.

A special night at the Amelia Island concours saw Orin Smith’s storied classic automobile collection go up for auction.

Due to the speed of pineapple's growing cycle, it was a highly marketable product before orange and grapefruit trees were harvestable.

When Prohibition became the law of the land, many were still determined to enjoy a cocktail no matter what, and Florida played a major role in the illicit liquor trade.

During the early months of 1942, German submarines, unopposed, ravaged shipping lines along the Eastern Seaboard from New England to Florida. With the demands of a two-ocean war, the Navy and Coast Guard initially had few resources to defend against U-boats.

“You cannot live with people without loving them.” This simple-sounding philosophy inspired Harriet Bedell, born in 1875, to spend more than a half century living among and serving as a missionary to the Cheyenne in Oklahoma, the Koyukon in remote Alaska and the Seminoles in South Florida.

Last November, three generations of O’Malleys gathered at Historic Dodgertown for their first-ever family reunion of such magnitude. Finding a time when the schedules of all 46 people jibed and getting everyone together in the same place at the same time was no simple feat; but if anyone could make it happen, it was the O’Malleys. After all, their family has a pretty impressive track record when it comes to uniting people.