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
Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam)
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Osceola Ave.
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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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www.stuartmartinchamber.org/ our_areas_history.asp
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...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
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John Ballard ADAMS
(26 January 1836, Dryden, New York, USA - 27 September 1924, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Thaddeus M. BAKER
(4 October 1853, , South Carolina, USA - 12 June 1921, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Frank Isaac BALDWIN
(14 February 1866, Milford, Connecticut, USA - 15 December 1938, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Andrew E. BATES
(9 July 1837, , New York, USA - 15 May 1922, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Alex Loftis BLIZARD
(7 July 1853, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA - 12 September 1922, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Irene May BULLOCK
(21 October 1857, , Vermont, USA - 22 October 1921, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Edmund Riely CLYMA
(2 January 1853, Monticello, Wisconsin, USA - 30 October 1924, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Lester Irving CORTHELL
(04 August 1866, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA - 15 February 1938, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Charles Pierre COURLY
(14 December 1848, Larochefauld, France - 11 December 1925, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Harley A. CREWS
(18 January 1868, , Florida, USA - 12 December 1922, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Anna DISHAY
(26 April 1902, Brunswick, Georgia, USA - 23 January 1924, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Wesley Blake FOSS
(28 July 1898, Pittsfield, New Hampshire, USA - 4 September 1963, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Mattie M. GUFFY
(6 April 1883, Kirksville, Missouri, USA - 5 October 1922, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Martha Jessie HILLYARD
(29 October 1871, Chicago, Illinois, USA - 16 November 1925, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Morris R. JOHNS
(3 September 1868, Orlando, Florida, USA - 1 October 1924, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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A. C. MAXWIEL
(15 February 1904, Jacksonville, Florida, USA - 19 December 1925, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Benjamin PARKS
(15 August 1847, Seven Springs, North Carolina, USA - 27 September 1925, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Frank N. PEEBLES
(20 March 1855, , Ohio, USA - 2 December 1922, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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George Loring PORTER
(29 April 1838, Concord, New Hampshire, USA - 24 February 1919, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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F. May REGES
(2 October 1871, , West Virginia, USA - 17 April 1915, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Earnest STYPMANN
(3 February 1840, , Germany (German States) (German Empire) - 18 March 1918, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Mary F WILLEY
(14 June 1840, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA - 30 May 1939, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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Henry ZANDERS
(12 July 1888, Americus, Georgia, USA - 16 July 1925, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
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