Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam)
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Where is Stuart, Florida, USA? Stuart, Martin, Florida, USA
From 1893-1895, the area was called Potsdam. This name was chosen by Otto Stypmann, a local landowner originally from Potsdam, Germany. Stypmann, with his brother Ernest, owned the land that would become downtown Stuart. Potsdam was renamed Stuart in 1895, after the establishment of the Florida East Coast Railway, in honor of Homer Hine Stuart, Jr., another local landowner.
When Stuart was incorporated as a town in 1914, it was located in Palm Beach County. In 1925, Stuart was chartered as a city and named the county seat of the newly created Martin County.
The city of Stuart is known as the Sailfish Capital of the World, because of the many sailfish found in the ocean off Martin County.wikipedia
Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam)
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Royal Palm Way, Bachus Plantation, Stuart Fla.
Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam)
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The New Pelican Hotel
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1870 - Stuart, Florida was first settled.
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1906
Stuart, a post-village of Dade co., Fla., on the Florida East Coast R. The banking point is...Read MORE...
Stuart, a post-village of Dade co., Fla., on the Florida East Coast R. The banking point is...Read MORE...
In 1925, Stuart was chartered as a city and named the county seat of the newly created Martin County.
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1935 - . Stuart Fishing Guides, first published by the Stuart Daily News in 1935, and distributed by the Chamber of Commerce attracted thousands to the region.
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1942 - 7 ARMY FLIERS LOSE LIVES IN PLANE CRASH. RIVER SEARCHED FOR BODIES OF VICTIMS OF CRAFT WRECKED DURING STORM.Stuart, Fla., March 7. - (AP) - A wide stretch of the tide-swept St. Lucie River was being searched ...Read MORE...
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